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This document summarizes UAM private partner case studies.
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“Count Malaria Out.”
Standard Bank, which also trades as Stanbic Bank, forms part of one of Africa’s leading financial services groups, the Standard Bank Group Limited, a South African company with more than 50,000 employees worldwide. A longtime supporter of education, health and development on the continent, the bank added malaria to its portfolio of social investments in 2010, joining corporate partners and United Against Malaria to end a disease that costs Africa an estimated USD 12 billion in lost gross domestic product every year.
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“HELP NANDO’S FIGHT MALARIA.”
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It’s a long and bumpy road to the bottling facilities of Natural Valley Limited, on the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia. But the remoteness and purity of the area’s freshwater springs is what helps the company better known by its brand name of Manzi Valley to produce 13 million bottles of natural mineral water for its thirsty consumers, about 60 percent of the national market. Add the United Against Malaria logo to those bottles, and you’ve got a highly visible, low-cost public health campaign, supported by UAM partners and linked to public service announcements.
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Azalaï Hotels Group is a growing network of 3- and 4-star hotels across West Africa. With three of those hotels in the capital city of Bamako, Azalaï has a major presence in Mali, one of the most malaria-endemic countries on the continent. Despite high infection rates, a mosquito net costing 5,000 CFA, or about USD 10, is still a prohibitively costly prevention tool in Mali. But even costlier, managers say, is the recruiting and training of new employees hired to replace malaria-stricken workers.
