Malaria Control Project

In 2003 Marathon, its business partners and the government of Equatorial Guinea, with collaboration from international non profits and research organizations, launched a $12.8 million effort to reduce the transmission of malaria on Bioko Island. The innovative approach to malaria eradication goes beyond focusing on a single cause and addresses the numerous and diverse factors leading to malaria transmission. Project interventions include:

• Indoor residual spraying offered to every house on the island
• Door-to-door bed net distribution providing over 111,000 bed nets to all households
• Malaria testing and treatment provided free of charge at local health centers
• Improved national health information system to monitor all health risks
• Information, education and communication campaign to educate the public on malaria and prevention strategies
• Surveillance and monitoring system to provide real time data on the program and to serve as a warning against future outbreaks

In its first two years, the project succeeded in reducing malaria transmitting mosquitoes by 95 percent and the presence of malaria parasites in children by 44 percent.

Marathon has been recognized for the project's success with awards from World Oil magazine for Health, Safety, Environment/Sustainable Development and African Investor Award for Best Initiative in Support of Millennium Development Goals.

For more information on Marathon's Malaria Control Project in Equatorial Guinea, please download our Malaria Control Fact Sheet or Marathon's testimony to the House Committee on Foreign affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health.