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  Logistician Célestin (right) and nurse Soni (left) loading a boat to set up a mobile clinic in the village of Ikoko, province Equateur. They are visiting the village to test people for malaria. The only way to reach the village is by crossing Lake Tumba by boat. (MSF)
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  Ahead of World Malaria Day, MSF teams travel to remote parts of the Republic of Congo to treat outbreaks of malaria. (MSF)
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  World Malaria Day was instituted by the World Health Assembly at its 60th session in May 2007. It is a day for recognizing the global effort to provide effective control of malaria. (MSF)
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  MSF teams mobile clinics screen people for malaria. According to WHO's estimates about 99 countries around the world have ongoing malaria transmission, and as many as 3.3 billion people are at risk of being infected. (MSF)
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  Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted through the bite of an infected female mosquito. Once it enters the body, the parasite multiplies in the liver, and then infects red blood cells, causing fever, severe headache and other symptoms. Only a single drop of blood is needed for a rapid diagnostic test. (MSF)
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  A test has proved that Nkumu Mbalaka suffers from malaria. Nurse Victor gives her the necessary drugs. If Mbalaka is not treated the disease can progress to coma, and eventually death. (MSF)
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  Soni performs a rapid diagnostic test for malaria in a mobile clinic in the village of Lohenge, province Equateur. Ninety percent of malaria deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa, and 85 percent of the fatalities are children under five years old. (MSF)
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  SD Bioline tests enables to quickly diagnose someone who suffers from malaria, with a single drop of blood. The test looks for a specific protein made by the parasite. If the protein is found, two bars appear. If not, only one bar appears. (MSF)
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  'Goutte epaisse' blood smear tests drying in the open air outside the Niangara hospital laboratory. The test is used if the Paracheck (TM) test shows negative but the clinical symptoms strongly suggest malaria. (MSF)
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  When malaria becomes severe, patients suffer from anaemia, necessitating a blood transfusion. Safe, properly executed transfusions are one of the services that MSF teams offer at a Ministry of Health hospital in the Kipamba area of Kinkondja. (MSF)
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  A trial malaria vaccine called RTS,S has been developed, the first results of which indicated a 55% reduction in malaria cases in children from five months old to 17 months, over a period of one year. (MSF)
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  It is thought that the vaccine RTS,S may possibly be ready for distribution by 2015. This will help to make a significant impact in reversing the incidence of malaria in Africa. (MSF)
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  27-year-old Emmanuel Misota has brought his 3-year old child Bienvenue from Nambia for malaria treatment. (MSF)
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  Niangara hospital logistician Celestin Kanondo hanging out mosquito nets. These need to be aired for 48 hours before being handed to patients on leaving the hospital. (MSF)
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  The distribution of mosquito nets has led to some reduction in malaria cases in children of indigenous populations in Africa’s malaria areas. (MSF)
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  Dr Jennifer Turnbull examining a child in the malnutrition ward. All malnourished children are screened for malaria on admission as it is such a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in this patient population. (MSF)
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  Michel has extremely serious malaria and was brought into the Niangara hospital emergency room unresponsive and close to death. His temperature was only 34 degrees Celsius. The first action was to wrap him in a survival blanket. (MSF)

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