but now mosquitoes are creeping up mountains and finding new homes there thanks to the warming temperatures being shit in by climate change. every 2 minutes a child dies of malaria worst affected countries in sub-saharan africa. it s this female mosquito that spreads the parasites causing malaria. thanks to the rollout of massive anti malaria campaigns many regions in africa have seen a sharp drop in malaria cases and deaths in the past 2 decades but progress is now stalling. worryingly malaria is on the rise especially in east africa partly responsible for this this climate change in the kilimanjaro region in east africa malaria used to be rare it s high altitude makes it too cold for mosquitoes now rising temperatures have opened the door to the spread of malaria in africa as