Our Mission to Help End Malaria

Helping Safeguard Communities in the Fight Against Malaria

For 65+ years, SC Johnson has been working to help protect families from insect-borne disease. By leveraging our decades of entomological expertise and capabilities, we have developed breakthrough spatial repellent tools like Guardian™, that can significantly reduce the presence of mosquitos in households. Malaria is one of the world’s deadliest diseases, even in 2024, it takes the life of a child under 5 every minute – a statistic SC Johnson and our dedicated partners are working to change.

600,000+ people die from malaria every year.

There are 249 million cases of malaria annually.

Children under five are the most vulnerable to being infected with malaria.

Our goal is to help eradicate malaria.

As the makers of Raid®, OFF!® and Baygon®, and a leader in the insect repellent space, SC Johnson is committed to working toward the prevention and eradication of malaria.

For over 60 years, we've used our entomological expertise to develop products that provide protection against malaria and other insect-borne diseases. Since 2013, our Healthier World Initiative has focused specifically on helping the world’s most vulnerable people fight against insect-borne diseases and other health concerns.

This includes committing over $100 million to the development, testing, production and deployment of spatial repellents as a new public health intervention to prevent insect-borne disease.

Even after 139 years, doing what’s right never gets old. Helping eradicate malaria is one way SC Johnson remains a family company at work for a better world.

Over 5 million people served by SC Johnson across four countries.

84 SC Johnson Health Clinics across Rwanda, South Sudan, Indonesia and Tanzania.

10 new products developed for public health initiatives.

26 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East served by the Base of the Pyramid Group.

Important Next Steps

Policy Recommendation from The World Health Organization for Spatial Repellents

On June XX, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a policy recommendation for spatial repellents to be used as an innovative tool to help fight insect-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, Zika and leishmaniasis. This recommendation strengthens confidence in Guardian and Mosquito Shield, further enabling SC Johnson to deploy these insect-borne disease prevention tools to the world’s most vulnerable communities at a much larger scale. The distribution comes at no profit to the company. Read more about the policy recommendation.

Our actions have spanned more than 10-year journey around the globe:

2006 - Present

China

2007 - 2009

Indonesia

2010 - 2011

Indonesia

2014 - 2019

Peru

2014 - 2019

Kenya

2021 - 2023

Mali

2021 - 2024

Sri Lanka

2022 - 2024

Uganda

2021 - 2024

Global

Ongoing

How We Got Here

Since 2013, SC Johnson has reached more than 110 million people via public health initiatives, education tools and distributing life-saving repellents in the fight against insect-borne disease and committed over $100 million to the development, testing, production and deployment of spatial repellents as a new public health intervention to prevent insect-borne disease.

Path to a Policy

Getting new public health tools to the people who need them most requires a World Health Organization policy recommendation – their official stamp of approval. It’s a long and complex process.

Innovations

SC Johnson has designed two new spatial repellents, built for public health channels, which address several of the challenges of mosquito protection: coverage, cost, ease-of-use, and access.

Mosquito Shield™ Spatial Repellent

Our Mosquito Shield™ spatial repellent, developed by a dedicated team in 2017, is an easy-to-use product that can help protect a semi-enclosed or enclosed space from mosquitoes without requiring electricity or a flame to work. This repellent is ideal for semi-permanent homes, clinics requiring frequent cleaning, temporary IDP camps and rapid response settings. It has been through trials in Indonesia and Peru, with promising results, and is now in large-scale clinical trials funded by Unitaid in Kenya, Mali and Sri Lanka. A single case holds 2000 units, which can help protect 250 homes.”

SC Johnson Guardian™

SC Johnson Guardian™ is a spatial repellent that lasts for up to 12 months once opened. Guardian is made from 3D mesh fabric sealed in a PET cage that is hermetically sealed in a pouch and stable over time at elevated temperatures and humidity. It is ideal for permanent fixed structures and IDP camps, places where indoor residual spray (IRS) is currently used and hard-to-reach remote areas. A single case holds 160 units which can help protect 40 homes.

Partners

The Global Fund

The Global Fund builds and fuels worldwide coalition of governments accelerating the elimination of malaria.

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United Nations Foundation

United Nations Foundation brings together a diverse set of partners, influencers, and supporters to successfully advocate for increased U.S. leadership and funding for global malaria programs.

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The MENTOR Initiative

The MENTOR Initiative works in high-risk and humanitarian settings to prevent malaria in Yemen and Nigeria and leishmaniasis in Syria.

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Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Foundation

Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Foundation's mission is to work with governments and stakeholders to drive change and improve the quality of lives across Africa.

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s mission is to create a world where every person has the opportunity to live a healthy, productive life.

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Society for Family Health-Rwanda

Society for Family Health-Rwanda provides training and certification to unofficial caregivers and community health workers in Rwanda to help them build a foundation for a career and earn a living wage.

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Malaria Eradication - A Healthier World

At Work to Help End Malaria

Our Mission to Help End Malaria

Helping Safeguard Communities in the Fight Against Malaria

Our goal is to help eradicate malaria.

Important Next Steps

Policy Recommendation from The World Health Organization for Spatial Repellents

Important Next Steps

Policy Recommendation from The World Health Organization for Spatial Repellents

Our actions have spanned more than 10-year journey around the globe:

1. Intervention Concept Development

2. Proof of ConceptEntomological Outcomes

China

Indonesia

3. Proof of PrincipleLarge-scale Epidemiological Trials

Indonesia

Peru

Kenya

Mali

Sri Lanka

4. Policy SettingPiloting Intervention for Public Health Policy

Uganda

5. Country PolicyRegistration and Use

Global

How We Got Here

How We Got Here

Path to a Policy

Innovations SC Johnson has designed two new spatial repellents, built for public health channels, which address several of the challenges of mosquito protection: coverage, cost, ease-of-use, and access.

Innovations

Innovations SC Johnson has designed two new spatial repellents, built for public health channels, which address several of the challenges of mosquito protection: coverage, cost, ease-of-use, and access.

Innovations

Partners

The Global Fund

United Nations Foundation

The MENTOR Initiative

Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Society for Family Health-Rwanda

Malaria Eradication - A Healthier World

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Innovations

SC Johnson has designed two new spatial repellents, built for public health channels, which address several of the challenges of mosquito protection: coverage, cost, ease-of-use, and access.

Innovations

SC Johnson has designed two new spatial repellents, built for public health channels, which address several of the challenges of mosquito protection: coverage, cost, ease-of-use, and access.