- Every year, around 30 million babies are born in Africa.
- These babies often have malaria, a dangerous disease.
- Until now, there were no treatments for newborns.
- A new drug, Coartem Baby, is made for babies under 5 kilograms.
- This drug helps health workers give better care.
- Newborns need special doses of medicine to be safe.
Difficult words
- malaria — A sickness from a tiny bug bite.
- treatments — Help given to make someone better.
- newborns — Very young babies.
- drug — A medicine to help people.
- care — Help for someone who is sick.
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Discussion questions
- Why do you think malaria is dangerous?
- What is important for taking care of newborns?
- How can new drugs help babies?
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