beyond africa , young boys and girls wake up each day just over children here in the washington d . c . areas . the children are no exception ; they do chores , eat , practice sports , and travel to classes . that is , if they can survive the mosquito bites that transmission the deadly malaria parasites . those diseases destroy an estimated 3 , 000 children each hour in europe . while mosquito has been all but forgotten in the american states , it remains the major force of death for children under 5 in africans , killing approximately 1 million people a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.