Henry Kimuyu , 3 , and his brother Vincent , 8 , rest after school under a insecticide treated mosquito net at their home in the Kibera slums of Nairobi , Kenya on 24 April 2008 . World Malaria Day on 25 April , hopes to raise awareness for the over 3 , 000 children that die each day in Sub - Saharan Africa from the disease which is caused by mosquito bites . Millions of poor Africans cannot afford $ 5 . 00 USD to provide treated nets for their children to sleep under which greatly reduces the chance of them being infected by the epidemic activists call a " Genocide of Apathy ". EPA / STEPHEN MORRISON < 저작권자 ⓒ 2007 연 합 뉴 스 . 무단 전재 - 재 배포 금지 . >