malaria

Cases of dengue fever are at an all-time high and dengue, malaria and West Nile virus have spread to places they were never found before.

Nyakuma has caught malaria twice in a matter of months.

Malaria kills at least 600,000 people every year, nearly all of them in Africa.

Malaria is caused by a complex parasite which is spread by mosquito bites.

Vaccines are now being used in some places - but monitoring the disease and avoiding mosquito bites are the most effective ways to prevent malaria.