Listen to David Beckham 'speak' nine different languages to end malaria

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The ex-footballer is helping to end one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases.

has ‘spoken’ in nine different language calling for an end to the killer disease malaria.

The ‘Malaria Must Die, So Millions Can Live’ campaign invites people to contribute their own voice to help end one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases.According to the World Health Organisation, there were 219,000,000 cases of the disease in 2017.In the short film, Beckham begins by speaking in English before appearing to converse fluently in Spanish, Kinyarwanda, Arabic, French, Hindi, Mandarin, Kiswahili and Yoruba.

Each language and voice represent a part of the world affected by malaria in both the past and present.‘One voice can be powerful, but all of our voices together? Then they will have to listen.’Malaria is spread through female mosquitos and can be fatal if left untreated.It can be treated with drugs but also prevented through the use of mosquito nets or repellent.

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Those are not magic words that can finish off malaria...he is just reading a script

Thought Bill Gates was on that?

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