Why should you join a cause to fight malaria and preventable disease? Because half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria. According to the World Malaria Report of 2008, an estimated 247 million cases of Malaria among 3.3 billion people at risk in 2006. Malaria causes nearly 1 million deaths each year, mostly of children under 5 years old. Malaria is considered one of the most severe public health problems worldwide. So please join the movement to fight this preventable disease! To learn more, take the Malaria Quiz and visit http://malaria.who.int.