Malaria Advocacy and Initiatives

Sumitomo Chemical Donates Nets to Madagascar

In partnership with Malaria No More, Sumitomo Chemical has donated 110,000 long-lasting insecticide-treated Olyset nets to a bednet distribution campaign in Madagascar. Led by the Malagasy government, the campaign will ensure that virtually every child aged six months to five years old receives a bed net. Read More Information. View slideshow.

Footballers vs. Malaria

Didier Drogba, Ivory Coast National Team Captain

Sumitomo Chemical has partnered with the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria to help communicate the risks of malaria to Africans, along with the benefits of proper prevention. Internet versions of these Public Service Announcements are now posted in French, English, Yoruba, Fan and Ingala.

Sumitomo Chemical donates Olyset Nets to Millennium Villages

Sumitomo Chemical has donated over 330,000 Olyset® anti-malaria bed nets – worth around $2 million – to the Millennium Villages in sub-Saharan Africa, enabling at least half a million people to be protected from exposure to malaria. Millennium Villages are at the heart of Millennium Promise, a non-profit organization focused on the eradication of extreme poverty.

Africa Live Concert

Sumitomo Chemical was the principal sponsor of the AFRICA LIVE concert, staged in Dakar, Senegal on 12-13 March 2005.

AFRICA LIVE: The Roll Back Malaria Concert, was a two-day music event featuring 20 top African artists including Baaba Maal, Salif Keita, Orchestra Baobab, Manu Dibango, Ali Farka Touré and Khaled as well as rising young African talents. The event reached an estimated 40,000 spectators and an additional audience of one billion worldwide via television, DVD, radio and CD, celebrated the continent's creative energy and brought a message of empowerment and hope for tackling malaria.