No fewer than 2, 000 people return home with the disease each year as African holiday resorts in malaria endemicareas like Kenya and Gambia grow in popularity.
Many people living in malaria endemicareas suffer from malnutrition so researchers in Burkina Faso experimented with adding vitamin A and zinc supplements to the diets of children aged from six months to six years.
Not surprisingly, nearly all diarrhea-related deaths occur in the developing world, and are especially prevalent inareas with endemic poverty and poor nutrition.