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Two men affected by malaria in a Sundargarh hospital, Orissa State, India. Orissa is the state in India most severely affected by malaria.

Kissore Samad, 12, is sick. He has had a strong fever for 2 days. A surveillance worker who is visiting him is pretty sure that he has malaria as he works 4 hours a day in a forest area around Rourkela in Orissa state, which is one of the Indian states most concerned by malaria. Later in the day, Kissore will attend a clinic where he will be diagnosed with malaria.

In a clinic in Gerihun, in Sierra Leone’s Pujehun district, Jewad, age 3, who has malaria, is examined by a physician from Doctors Without Borders (MSF). At the foreground, another baby with malaria is waiting to be diagnosed.

A young, unconscious child affected by a severe case of malaria, is under observation in the intensive care unit of the Gondama hospital managed by a team from Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

A man is fogging a karen village against malaria and dengue mosquitoes in Northern Thailand.

In the early pre-dawn morning, a man bathes in a dirty canal in Kolkata. Such places are breeding grounds for malaria mosquitoes.

A man and his baby sick of malaria under an old untreated bed net, which is less effective against the malaria mosquito.

Two year old Fadilatu has a fever; his mother Sale Camara has just brought him to a clinic in Pehala where a rapid diagnostic test will determine that he has malaria.

A health district advisor holds a meeting with pregnant women to explain the risks and implications of malaria, and how to treat it. He advises them not to resort to traditional village witchdoctors if they are suffering from a fever that might be caused by malaria.

Karen people from Burma (Myanmar) illegally crossing the Moei river between Burma and Thailand to bring their sick child to a clinic. Several of them will finally be diagnosed with malaria. Because of the war with the ruling Junta in Burma, it is almost impossible to treat malaria inside the Karen state, although this region is severely affected by the disease.

35 year old Shatrughan Rohidas (left) has malaria, and has to be supported by his brother. He works as a farmer in rices fields, which is a mosquito breeding site, and gets malaria every year. He lives in Orissa, which is the Indian state most affected by malaria, with 25 to 30 percent of all malaria cases diagnosed in the country.

A slum area in Kolkata.

Kano state, Nigeria. A man laughs as he guards the storeroom containing the free bed nets to be distributed during an educational presentation on the importance of using mosquito nets in the prevention of malaria.

Burkina Faso, Namenenga Region A free paediatric consultation in Namentenga region. Malaria is the disease most frequently diagnosed at such consultations.

Poor homeless men having a wash in a Calcutta street in India. The stagnant water left behind will become a excellent breeding ground for malaria mosquitoes.

A young girl suffering from malaria in a small health clinic in the state of Orissa, India. Orissa state is the most malaria affected state in India.

Uganda, Gulu A displaced woman and child under a long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito net that was distributed for free by the NGO Malaria Consortium at the Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camp around Gulu, Northern Uganda.

Burkina Faso, Namentenga Region In the remote villages of Burkina Faso, a theatre company explains the importance of using long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets. Many villagers are ignorant about malaria; most don't know that malaria is caused by mosquitoes and many go to see a traditional witchdoctor to treat it.

India, Kolkata (Calcutta) Slum area close to a canal that is a mosquito breeding site in Kolkata.