Malaria kills a child somewhere in the world every 30 seconds.
Every year more than 500 million people become severely ill with malaria.
40% of the world's population, mostly those living in the world's poorest countries, are at risk of malaria.
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Malaria accounts for one-in-five of all childhood deaths in Africa.
Malaria is transmitted by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles.
In some areas of the world, mosquitoes that carry malaria have developed resistance to insecticides, while the parasites have developed resistance to antibiotics – making it increasingly difficult to control the rate of infection and spread of the disease.
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