Malaria is recorded as being prevalent as far back as 2700BC.
It is caused by a bite from a Tse Tse fly.
Several centuries
Every year 300-700million people get malaria annually and about 1-2million people die annually
On averge, 1.5 million people (1 million in Africa) get killed by malaria every year. Since 1914, 120 million have died from this violent disease.