ExxonMobil Helps Launch Malaria Prevention Program in Nigeria

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ExxonMobil Foundation announced today its support for the launch
in Nigeria of the NetsforLife program to fight malaria. Long-lasting
insecticide-treated nets will be distributed to Nigerian communities
with a high prevalence of reported malaria cases.

The expansion of the NetsforLife program in Nigeria comes one year
after ExxonMobil helped launch the program in Angola.

"ExxonMobil has been in Africa for over 100 years. As such, we
have felt first hand the devastating human toll of malaria on our host
communities. Prevention is key to saving lives when it comes to the
fight against malaria in Africa," said Mike Fry, vice president for
Africa, ExxonMobil Production Company. "ExxonMobil is proud to sponsor
NetsforLife in its work to distribute one million life-saving nets by
end of the year."

With the support of corporate sponsors such as ExxonMobil,
NetsforLife works through churches and ecumenical partners in the most
vulnerable communities across 16 African countries to prevent,
recognize and treat malaria.

ExxonMobil supports NetsforLife through the company´s Africa
Health Initiative. Under this program, ExxonMobil Foundation, the
primary philanthropic arm of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), has
invested about $40 million in projects to fight malaria in Africa and
works with local partners to save lives. ExxonMobil is the largest
non-pharmaceutical corporate donor to malaria research and development
efforts and the largest corporate donor to the U.S. President´s
Malaria Initiative (PMI).

Malaria is a major public health problem in Nigeria. In 2005,
there were more than 2.6 million reported cases of malaria in Nigeria,
and more than 1.1 million of those cases were among children under the
age of 5. Malaria is the cause of almost 25 percent of infant deaths
and 30 percent of childhood mortality cases in the country.

Since 2000, ExxonMobil has contributed over $120 million to
support community projects in Africa.

More information about ExxonMobil programs to fight the spread of
malaria is available at http://www.exxonmobil.com/malaria.

More information about NetsforLife is available at
www.netsforlifeAfrica.org.

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