Unicef also identified road accidents, burns, falls, animal bites, electrocution and suffocation as other causes of serious injury and death.

BBC: NEWS | South Asia | Bangladesh child accidents shock

In the villages, the volunteers provide preventive services such as prenatal checkups and general exams, but most of their time is spent treating a wide range of ailments like malaria, TB, pneumonia, diarrhea, animal or snake bites, and parasites.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The mosquito bites one person or animal with malaria, takes the parasite on board, flies off to another victim, bites and implants the parasite, which proceeds to multiply like crazy, sickening if not killing its victims.

NPR: Altered Mosquitoes May Save Humans From Malaria