“Rather than giving a person a fish, teach him how to fish.” The decision to supply the royalty-free technology to a local business in the United Republic of Tanzania was made promptly. This has become an important step in addressing Africa's economic burden from malaria, estimated to be 12 billion dollars annually. [3]Photographs©M. Hallahan/Sumitomo Chemical[1] WHO Malaria Key facts (last updated: June 11, 2018) [2] WHO News Release, Media Centre, April 24, 2017 Prevent malaria - save lives: WHO push for prevention on World Malaria Day, April 25[3] The World Bank, “Malaria in Africa”, October 2010. 19doors or windows, are safe as long as they remain inside the net. However, a new problem has recently emerged: mosquitoes can develop resistance to insecticides. It that mosquitoes have developed resistance against pyrethroids, the active ingredients used in the Olyset™ Net and other insecticide bednets. In order to offer a second-generation mosquito net, Sumitomo Chemical has developed Olyset™ Plus, in which a synergist is added that enhances the effect of pyrethroids such as permethrin. Hirooka explains, “We are not a mosquito net company, but a chemical company that is always ahead of the game. Our goal is to apply chemical technology against mosquitoes at multiple points in their life cycle, from before their immature stage until after their is reported emergence, and maximize the synergistic effect of our products to ensure safer environments for humans. Thanks to the availability of insecticide-treated nets, medicines, diagnostic reagents and kits, the death rate due to malaria has dropped from one child every 30 seconds in 2006 to one every 90 seconds today. But to completely eradicate malaria, research and development need to continue.” One of the noteworthy effects of Olyset™ Net is the economic benefit achieved by the early transfer of production to sub-Saharan Africa, which shoulders 90% of the global burden of malaria.[2] Sumitomo Chemical provided the royalty-free technology to a Tanzanian manufacturer, whose production facility generated as many as 7,000 jobs during peak periods, and where the annual production of mosquito nets alone is approximately 30 million nets. Almost all the staff was hired locally, and Hirooka says, “This shows that there is no lack of talented personnel in Africa.” Stable employment is a factor that helps the workers transition to a modern, malaria-free lifestyle. In 2018, Sumitomo Chemical joined in the “ZERO by 40” joint declaration to eradicate malaria by 2040. The blue mosquito nets have the potential of enveloping not only beds, but also the entire lives of everyone involved with a greater peace of mind.
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