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Malaria
Malaria causes 1 million deaths each year - the overwhelming majority are children. The most affected regions are Africa, Southeast Asia, India and South America.

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As one of the most common tropical diseases, more than 2.5 billion people, or 41% of the world's population, are at risk of contracting malaria.
Sub-Saharan Africa carries the global burden of the disease. The region has 90% of all malaria deaths, mostly in children under five years of age.
In the time it takes to watch a 30-second TV commercial malaria has killed an African child.
Only two percent of African children sleep under a bed net treated with malaria resistant insecticide.
Malaria has been estimated to cost Africa more than US $12 billion every year in lost GDP. The disease could be controlled for a fraction of that sum.
The average price of treatment is as little as $10 per dose.