MinnPost.com
Mariam was the victim of double bad luck: First, that mosquito gave her malaria. Second, it was cerebral malaria, a form of the disease that is so severe it often kills children.
Costa Kiggundu had one question for an American visitor to her home in a gritty Kampala slum: "What will happen if you stop sending the drugs?"
It's a life-or-death question for Kiggundu, her son...
See Sharon Schmickle's slideshow at MinnPost.com.
Read her related article, "Misery and Death: Minnesota Doctors Fight Malaria in Eastern Africa."