It's raining again...

It's the beginning of the rainy season in Senegal. With that comes the malaria season.
Did you know that each day in Africa alone, 3000 people die from something that could be prevented?
Malaria, one of the world's most common and serious tropical diseases, causes at least one million deaths every year -- the majority of which occur in the most resource-poor countries. More than half of the world's population is at risk of acquiring malaria, and the proportion increases each year because of deteriorating health systems, growing drug and insecticide resistance, climate change, natural disasters and armed conflict.At least 300 million acute cases of malaria occur worldwide each year, resulting in more than one million deaths annually -- more than 80% of which are estimated to occur in sub-Saharan Africa, mostly among children under five years old. Recent estimates of the global burden of malaria are even higher, with one study estimating that 515 million cases of clinical malaria occurred in 2002. Overall, malaria accounts for 10% of Africa's disease burden, and it is estimated that malaria costs the continent more than $12 billion annually. Although Africa is hardest hit, it is estimated that more than one-third of clinical malaria cases occur in Asia and 3% occur in the Americas. The estimated cost to effectively control malaria in the 82 countries with the highest burden is about $3.2 billion annually.