A、Prevalent Diseases in the World B、Disease Control and Prevention C、Malaria -- A Fatal Disease D、Sub-Saharan African Children C

Malaria is one of the three most prevalent serious diseases in the world.The others are tuberculosis and AIDS. Nearly 500 million people are infected worldwide each year. More than one million die. According to UNICEF, the UN’s children’s organization, more than 90 percent of all malaria cases are in sub-Saharan Africa.Two thousand African children die daily from the disease. Dr. Patrick Kaucher is with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "In rural Africa, one out of every five children born doesn’t survive until his fifth birthday." Malaria is transmitted from person to person via mosquitoes that carry the parasite. Malaria rapidly destroys red blood cells, which deliver oxygen and nutrients to the rest of the body. The disease is preventable and treatable, but most of Africa does not have adequate resources to do either.