Multinational Corporations and the Fight Against Malaria in Africa.

This paper outlines the evolving role of the private sector in helping to address the challenges of disturbing health issues in Africa. The central question is to find out the role multinational corporations operating in Africa play in the fight against malaria. The paper presents a case for the implication of multinational corporations in global health matters, especially malaria and provides an overview of the key ways in which the private sector is already involved. The paper also makes attempts to analyze how businesses can bring unique contributions to the fight against malaria in Africa and offer recommendations for how to catalyze further private-sector engagement in the years ahead. Through the analyses of corporate reports and personal communications, this paper seeks to demonstrate the implication of multinational corporations in the fight against malaria in Africa south of the Sahara by assessing the contribution of six multinational corporations in this endeavor. The companies selected on the basis of their involvement in this fight include ExxonMobil, Marathon Oil, Chevron, Heineken, Sanofi-Aventis and Lafarge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]