Details of malaria drugs being entered into a register. These are artesunate suppositories, which are used when a child is too ill to swallow pills. Malaria is caused by the presence of Plasmodium sp. parasites in the blood. The parasites are spread by the bites of infected female Anopheles sp. mosquitoes. Symptoms include fever and headache, which can proceed to coma and death. Photographed in Mtwara, Tanzania.