How MosquitoZone protects our clients' workers and families from malaria and tropical health threats.

Company Profile

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MosquitoZone International is a team of entomologists and epidemiologists, as well as military-trained public health technicians, overseeing large-scale national and international projects.

We have strategic partnerships with bilateral and multilateral donors, international NGOs, business coalitions and governments.

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MZI provides disease prevention services and products to companies that operate in tropical areas of the world where malaria, dengue fever and other vector-borne diseases threaten the health of projects, workers and their communities.

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MosquitoZone International has been fighting malaria, other vector-borne diseases and related health challenges since 2005.

Our team of scientists, including medical entomologists, epidemiologists, and preventive medical technologists, are deployed around the world to protect workers and their families.

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MosquitoZone offers

• Corporate malaria policies, implementation plans, and corporate social responsibility programs

• Mosquito control programs – Eco-friendly, entomologist-supervised, surveillance-based control of larvae and adult mosquitoes

• Malaria risk assessments and audits, with risk mitigation recommendations and corrective action plans

• Malaria and dengue education programs – Computer-based training (CBT), training kits, videos and printed materials in five languages, with customized translation available

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• Technical training for local content and the development of national/local capacity in vector control

• Water and food safety/quality monitoring as well as camp hygiene and sanitation programs

• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for rodents, snakes, stinging insects and food-storage pests

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Our clients cite the following benefits of working with us:

• Reducing both incidence and seriousness of illness. No malaria deaths have occurred on our watch.

• Improving worker productivity. Our company’s efforts in Chad with a ‘super major’ oil company resulted in an 83% reduction in lost workdays due to malaria.

• Developing local content--helping clients meet national content contract requirements and empowering locals to continue protecting their communities from malaria.

• Eliminating costly project delays due to malaria and other vector-borne diseases. (One ‘super major’ lost 13 million dollars in a one-day safety shutdown.)

• Reducing environmental risks with safe and effective pesticide selection plus targeted treatment for ecologically sensitive areas. We have a perfect safety track record.

• With a team of scientists including medical entomologists and epidemiologists who have developed and operated large-scale public health programs around the world

• Tapping into partnerships with business coalitions, international NGO’s and governments to share costs and reduce risk

• Performing baseline assessments and using state-of-the-art monitoring and evaluation systems to measure progress

Protected by MosquitoZone

Case: Malaria Control Program in Chad

• Since 2006, MZI has been protecting workers in 3 remote drilling and production camps which have housed up to 2,000 workers.

• The year before MZI arrived, the client had 652 semi-immune malaria cases and 23 non-immune cases, including 2 ex-pat deaths. Operational problems included absenteeism, lost time and lost profits.

• In 2010 after 4 years with MosquitoZone, they experienced only 4 non-immune cases, 145 semi-immune cases and no deaths, for an overall reduction of 83% in cases.

Case: Risk Assessment in Mozambique

• When our client began their first major overseas development, MZI assessed their risks from mosquito-borne and other diseases

• The first 150 employees deployed were experiencing a malaria infection rate as high as the local population due to low awareness of risks and little protection from mosquito bites

• In addition to identifying disease vectors, MZI ran education sessions, demonstrated bite protection, performed IRS treatments on all camp buildings, and provided a 40-page illustrated report to management

Case: Program Audits in Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Mauritania, Ethiopia

• This project began with a comprehensive review of the corporate malaria policy and program, with comparison to industry best practices.

• Now our client’s camps in five African countries receive regular onsite audits of vector control and personal protection systems, training processes and resources.

• The audit reports include in-depth feedback on internal capacity building, malaria case tracking, usage of diagnostics and personal protection, as well as safe pesticide handling. These reports become touchstones for local management.