After six years braving England's frigid winters, Chelsea's injury-prone striker Didier Drogba thought would keep him on the sidelines of the Premier League.Since contracting malaria last year, Drogba's fight against the disease has gone from the Chelsea treatment room to the wilds of West Africa. In West Africa Drogba is building a hospital and providing thousands of mosquito nets in an effort to cut the infection rate of one of the world's biggest killers.There are 225 million cases a year of malaria, a mosquito-borne disease which can damage the nervous system, kidneys and liver. There were 781,000 deaths due to malaria in 2009, nine out of 10 were in Africa, according to the World Health Organization."I had malaria, I know exactly what it feels like and it's something that I want to stop," Drogba told on Saturday.He also says that "That's why we're giving these nets to kids and people who can't afford treatment. These are good options, they're efficient and they save lives."
The 32-year-old fell ill with malaria in September but continued playing, a decision he said was foolish in retrospect and delayed his recovery.
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