You never know what you've got till it's gone.. (English proverb) Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas. (Native American proverb, Blackfoot) They kill the peacock for the beauty of its feathers.. (Arabic proverb) Who does well, meets goodwill. (Dutch proverb)
Currently there are medicines available to treat falciparum malaria-the most prevalent form of the disease in Africa-but this requires a 3-day treatment course. Ideally, we need a drug that needs just one administration to ensure that treatment can be directly observed by the healthcare worker.
A doctor in Ghana cares for a young child with malaria. Source: GSK/Flickr. As of April, the WHO reports that 3.2 billion people worldwide live in countries where malaria poses a health risk (of which there are 95) and that 88% of cases were in sub-Saharan Africa.