ExxonMobil Marks World Malaria Day with Renewed Commitment to Combatting Malaria

On the eve of World Malaria Day, ExxonMobil
announced its next round of ExxonMobil Foundation grants to
organizations working hard to combat malaria.

The new grants support the lifesaving malaria programs of leading global
organizations, including Malaria No More, Africare, the United Nations
Foundation, USAID, Jhpiego, Population Services International, UNICEF
and the Medicines for Malaria Venture. ExxonMobil is also supporting a
number of these organizations′ World Malaria Day events across Africa,
including Malaria No More′s World Malaria Day Concert and Ceremony in
Cameroon and Grassroot Soccer′s World Malaria Day soccer tournaments in
Nigeria, Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea, among others.

'Through our longstanding work in Africa, ExxonMobil has witnessed
firsthand the devastating health and economic impacts of malaria,? said
Suzanne McCarron, president of the ExxonMobil Foundation. 'We are
building on our efforts over the past 13 years to support innovative
programs to stop the spread of this preventable disease and save lives.?

Over the past decade, the global community has made impressive strides
against malaria. Thanks to increased awareness and wider distribution of
bed nets, diagnostics and treatments, deaths from malaria have fallen by
more than 25 percent since 2000. However, much work remains as global
funding for malaria slows, threatening to reverse the progress made
against this disease.

ExxonMobil is committed to helping this progress continue. As one of the
leading private-sector investors in malaria, ExxonMobil has provided
more than $110 million in grants and other support since 2000.
Recognizing that no single approach is sufficient, ExxonMobil funds a
range of interventions and efforts, including research, advocacy,
treatment and prevention to ensure a comprehensive response. Each grant
supports specific solutions that are filling gaps in the fight against
malaria. ExxonMobil also leverages its internal expertise to support
organizations across the malaria field.

'Corporations have a key role to play in fighting malaria,? said Dr.
Regina Rabinovich, ExxonMobil Malaria Scholar-in-Residence at Harvard
University. 'The private sector provides resources, internal expertise
and institutional knowledge that help amplify the impact of malaria
programs and, ultimately, save lives.?

Organizations that ExxonMobil supports have been instrumental in the
important advances made against malaria over the past decade. To date,
ExxonMobil′s funding has helped to distribute more than 13.1 million bed
nets, 1.7 million top-line malaria treatments and 942,000 rapid
diagnostic tests. ExxonMobil has also supported the training of more
than 250,000 health care workers to ensure these interventions are used
effectively. In total, ExxonMobil′s malaria assistance has reached an
estimated 83 million people in Africa and the Pacific Rim.

ExxonMobil focuses on funding programs that are making a difference on
the ground right now. For example, a recent study found that ExxonMobil
grantee Malaria No More′s 'Knock Out Malaria? communications program in
Cameroon has increased bed net use significantly, encouraging
approximately 298,000 adults and 221,000 children to start sleeping
under a net. This is just one of the many success stories in which
individuals and communities have come together to champion the fight
against this disease.

The 2013 grant recipients include:

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  Malaria No More
  
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  Harvard School of Public Health
  
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  UN Foundation ? Nothing But Nets
  
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  PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI)
  
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  Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
  
• 
  Accordia Global Health Foundation
  
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  Jhpiego
  
• 
  Global Health Corps (GHC)
  
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  USAID ? President′s Malaria Initiative (PMI)
  
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  Population Services International (PSI)
  
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  Africare
  
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  Cameroon Business Community Coalition against Malaria, Tuberculosis
  and AIDS
  
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  Grassroot Soccer
  
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  Family Care Foundation
  
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  Norwegian Red Cross
  
• 
  University of California, San Francisco ? Global Health Group
  
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  Oxford University ? ExxonMobil Scholars in Global Health Science
  

ExxonMobil is proud of the work of our grantees over the past decade and
remains committed to working with local and international partners to
drive continued progress in the future.

About ExxonMobil Foundation

ExxonMobil Foundation is the primary philanthropic arm of ?Exxon
Mobil Corporation ?(NYSE:XOM) in the United States. Globally,
ExxonMobil and the ExxonMobil Foundation provide funding to ?improve
basic education, ?promote
women as catalysts ?for development, and ?combat
malaria ?and other infectious diseases in developing countries. In
2012, together with its employees and retirees, ExxonMobil, its
divisions and affiliates, and the ExxonMobil Foundation provided $256
million in contributions worldwide. Additional information on
ExxonMobil′s community partnerships and contribution programs is
available at ?www.exxonmobil.com/community.

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