Rose McGready's world-renowned research could save your life if you contract malaria. But the unassuming Australian doctor now needs to raise enough money to keep her life-saving clinics afloat.
Malaria is common in large parts of Africa, south-east Asia, Central and South America and the Middle East and pregnant women can sometimes die within a week if they contract the parasite.
Many have been pushed out of villages and into dense forest where they often live next to water sources – the perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes which carry malaria. It's becoming more and more and difficult to pay staff and provide adequate medical supplies so the Canberra native is looking for financial support back home in Australia.
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