"'Veil of Tears' considers the burden of malaria in the first five years of life for a child living in the town of Maseno, on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is based on academic research carried out in the local region and on our own observations and interviews. In five years the child will probably have had over 1000 infected mosquito bites, been tested for malaria on many occasions and taken a variety of more or less effective drug treatments. She may also have had life-threatening cerebral malaria and been treated in Maseno Hospital with intravenous chloroquine." Susie Freeman and Liz Lee