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What is Malaria?
Malaria is caused by a parasite that is carried
by Mosquitos
Mosquitos carries the parasite from a infected person to uninfected person.
Malaria kills
• Malaria kills 3000 children a day• 40 percent of the world’s population
lives in the high risk areas for malaria• Over million people die from Malaria
each year .
Making a difference in child survival1. Supplying affordable anti-
malaria interventions.2. Developing policies with
governments and advocating for more resources and attention to biggest killer of children in Africa.
Cost and supply■More effective therapies needed .
70 per cent of malaria cases are resistant to cheap existing antimalarial drugs
■Bed net use is needed.
Fewer than 5% of Children sleep under a netThe use of a net can reduce malaria by 50 %.