Straight talk about the number one killer of children in Africa.

Malaria is a blood infection caused by a tiny parasite. A person becomes infected after being bitten by a mosquito carrying the malaria parasite.

Malaria starts with a fever. Then come the headaches and the vomiting. If not treated quickly, malaria can overwhelm the body or even infect the brain and cause a coma. At this point, malaria becomes fatal. Here are some quick figures for you to consider:

- 350-500 million cases of malaria occur worldwide each year.
- Malaria causes 20 percent of ALL childhood deaths in sub-Saharan Africa.
- 90 percent of malaria deaths occur in Africa—nearly 1 million people.
- Malaria kills 3,000 children each day.

Jordan thinks it’s pretty sad. She said, "There’s no excuse for not stopping malaria right now. Poor parents have so much to worry about—how to feed their children and try to get them an education and keep them safe…This is one thing we can take off the list. We can get them nets so their children can sleep safe at night. We can do that. We can bite back."