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    Make this matter

    We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to use AI to help more solutions reach the people who need them. But there are three things the world needs to get right, now.

Gates Foundation · Interactive Experience
BITE
FIGHTER
People vs. The MosquitoA story of survival, science & one family’s fight.

You just survived a serious malaria hospitalization. Your mom — a pediatrician — will change your life. And maybe save thousands more.

600,000 people die from malaria every year. Most are children under 5. This is the story of the people who fight back.

🎯 YOUR OBJECTIVE

Drive the mosquito threat to zero.

▶ PRESS START ◀
DIFFICULTY
500K+DEATHS/YR
40MMOLECULES
20YRSPROGRESS
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN
HOW TO PLAY
🎮 THE BASICS
  • Read the story, then use ‹ BACK / NEXT › (or arrow keys / swipe) to move through each line.
  • Make a choice at each turn — good choices lower the threat.
  • Play the mini-games to drive the threat down even further.
🦟 MOSQUITO THREAT
  • 🦟Starts at 100%. Every smart choice and mini-game win drives it down. That’s the only number to watch.

Get the threat as close to 0% as you can for the best ending. You can reopen these rules anytime with the ? button.

🦟 MOSQUITO THREAT100%
HOW TO PLAY
🎯 OBJECTIVE

Travel from 2005 to now and drive the Mosquito Threat down to zero. Every choice you make and mini-game you beat lowers it.

🎮 CONTROLS

Use ‹ BACK and NEXT › (or the arrow keys / swipe) to read each line, then pick a choice to continue. Mini-games show their own rules with a START button.

🦟 MOSQUITO THREAT
  • 🦟Mosquito Threat — one simple number, starting at 100%. It drops as you make good choices and win mini-games.
🏆 SCORING

Get the threat as low as you can. Your final threat at the end decides your ranking — from Brave Fighter to Malaria Legend.

▶ TAP TO CONTINUE
ZAP!SCORE: 0
TIME: 15sPTS: 0
STAGE CLEAR!
YOU
★ LEGEND ★
0%
FINAL MOSQUITO THREAT
Continue the journey
Real stories from the fight against malaria, on gatesfoundation.org
🛡️
MalariaThe next-generation mosquito net that’s turning the tide on malaria
🛏️
InnovationCan this innovative mosquito net outsmart malaria?
🔬
ResearchThe researcher versus the mosquitoes
🌍
EliminationWhat can the world learn from Cabo Verde’s fight against malaria?
🌐
Our WorkInside the foundation’s work to end malaria
SHARE YOUR RESULT

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☠
GAME OVER
The mosquitoes won this round.
MOSQUITO THREAT: 100%
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