ExxonMobil Continues Support for Fight Against Malaria

ExxonMobil
said today that it is committing $5.7 million in support for local and
global organizations working to eliminate malaria around the world. This
year’s grants, announced in conjunction with World Malaria Day, will
continue the company’s nearly 20-year effort to reduce the global burden
of malaria, a disease that still causes an estimated 435,000 deaths
annually despite being preventable, treatable and curable.

ExxonMobil’s
malaria initiative has worked to advance progress against malaria
though partnerships focused on developing the next generation of global
health leaders and building health system capacity by supporting
education and improving access to tools for malaria prevention,
diagnosis and treatment.

“We focus our attention on local and global organizations that deliver
health services and supplies directly to affected communities,” said
Kevin Murphy, president of the ExxonMobil Foundation. “While great
progress continues to be made in saving lives from malaria around the
world, important work remains to prevent the disease’s resurgence.”

ExxonMobil works with partners in Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial
Guinea, Mozambique, Nigeria and Papua New Guinea to identify and promote
solutions to fight the disease. Activities and public events planned in
those countries to commemorate World Malaria Day include voluntary
testing and counseling sessions, mosquito net distribution, community
events and public awareness campaigns.

2019 grant recipients include ADPP Angola, Africare, Baylor College of
Medicine, Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA), Friends of the
Global Fight, Grassroot Soccer, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public
Health, Jhpiego, Malaria No More, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Seed
Global Health, Special Olympics, Tchova Tchova, ExxonMobil Global Health
Scholars at the University of Oxford and Worldwide Antimalarial
Resistance Network (WWARN).

Since 2000, ExxonMobil has invested a total of $170 million, supporting
the delivery of 15 million bed nets to prevent mosquito bites, the
administration of 5 million antimalarial treatments and the distribution
of 3.9 million rapid diagnostic kits. The company has also supported the
training of 700,000 health workers.

About the ExxonMobil Foundation

The ExxonMobil Foundation is the primary philanthropic arm of Exxon
Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM). The foundation and corporation engage in a
range of philanthropic activities that advance education, promote women
as catalysts for economic development and combat malaria. In 2018, the
ExxonMobil Foundation together with Exxon Mobil Corporation, its
divisions and affiliates along with employees and retirees, provided
$211 million in contributions worldwide. For more information, visit www.exxonmobil.com/community.

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