Malaria in Children

Category: Health

There were 660,000 death by malaria in 2010 and 86% of them were children under the age of five (WHO). Malaria is a lethal blood disease that is caused by an infection which is spread though mosquitos. It is a treatable and preventable diseases with proper medicines and preventions techniques. It is a disease that is most widely spread in Africa, which accounts for 40% of the global death caused by malaria. (WHO)