Malaria is a blood infection caused by a tiny parasite. A person becomes infected after being bitten by a mosquito carrying the malaria parasite.
Malaria starts with a fever. Then come the headaches and the vomiting. If not treated quickly, malaria can overwhelm the body or even infect the brain and cause a coma. At this point, malaria becomes fatal. Here are some quick figures for you to consider:
*350-500 million cases of malaria occur worldwide each year.
*Malaria causes 20 percent of ALL childhood deaths in sub-Saharan Africa.
*90 percent of malaria deaths occur in Africa—nearly 1 million people.
*Malaria kills 2,000 children each day.
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