ExxonMobil Helps Launch Malaria Prevention Program in NigeriaExxonMobil is supporting a range of programs to combat malaria, inc
25 Février 2008 - 8:41PM
Business Wire
ExxonMobil Foundation announced today its support for the launch in
Nigeria of the NetsforLife program to fight malaria. Long-lasting
insecticide-treated nets will be distributed to Nigerian
communities with a high prevalence of reported malaria cases. The
expansion of the NetsforLife program in Nigeria comes one year
after ExxonMobil helped launch the program in Angola. �ExxonMobil
has been in Africa for over 100 years. As such, we have felt first
hand the devastating human toll of malaria on our host communities.
Prevention is key to saving lives when it comes to the fight
against malaria in Africa,� said Mike Fry, vice president for
Africa, ExxonMobil Production Company. �ExxonMobil is proud to
sponsor NetsforLife in its work to distribute one million
life-saving nets by end of the year.� With the support of corporate
sponsors such as ExxonMobil, NetsforLife works through churches and
ecumenical partners in the most vulnerable communities across 16
African countries to prevent, recognize and treat malaria.
ExxonMobil supports NetsforLife through the company�s Africa Health
Initiative. Under this program, ExxonMobil Foundation, the primary
philanthropic arm of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), has
invested about $40 million in projects to fight malaria in Africa
and works with local partners to save lives. ExxonMobil is the
largest non-pharmaceutical corporate donor to malaria research and
development efforts and the largest corporate donor to the U.S.
President�s Malaria Initiative (PMI). Malaria is a major public
health problem in Nigeria. In 2005, there were more than 2.6
million reported cases of malaria in Nigeria, and more than 1.1
million of those cases were among children under the age of 5.
Malaria is the cause of almost 25 percent of infant deaths and 30
percent of childhood mortality cases in the country. Since 2000,
ExxonMobil has contributed over $120 million to support community
projects in Africa. More information about ExxonMobil programs to
fight the spread of malaria is available at
http://www.exxonmobil.com/malaria. More information about
NetsforLife is available at www.netsforlifeAfrica.org.
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