Deaths from malaria have doubled over the last 20 years,

There are more people dying of malaria than any specific cancer.

For Africa to move forward, you've really got to get rid of malaria.

My experience of malaria was just taking anti-malarials, which give you strange dreams, because I don't want to get malaria.

The malaria parasite has been killing children and sapping the strength of whole populations for tens of thousands of years. It is impossible to calculate the harm malaria has done to the world.

The tool that's most associated with the recent progress against malaria is the long-lasting bed net. Bed nets are a fantastic innovation. But we can do even better. We can invent new ways to control the mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite.