On Thursday little Samuel was sent home from school.  Turned out he had come down with malaria.  On Saturday his mother Ingrid and baby sister Blessing both contracted malaria.  And now today, Monday, big sister Deborah is in bed, sick with malaria.  Francis is the only one in his family who is well.  Somebody has to stay upright.  

Last night Joseph came to work not feeling too well.  In the middle of the night he spiked a temperature which broke a few hours later.  He's not at work tonight.  He has malaria.  

'Tis the season.  That's right, the long dry season is officially underway.  It's a time when many people get malaria.