Malawi: New Tool to Fight Malaria is Saving Lives
12.02.2004
Families in the rural villages of Malawi face many challenges. Most are subsistence farmers who struggle to feed their children. Education levels are generally low – a third of the males and two-thirds of the females cannot read or write. Hunger and disease kill many thousands of people – particularly children – every year. One of the most common killer diseases is malaria, which accounts for as much as 15 to 20 percent of deaths among school-age children in the region. But a new Save the Children program has bought down death rates from malaria by 72 percent in some villages.