We’re Working to Help Protect Communities around the Globe
We’re committed to helping fight insect-borne disease, and a key target of our efforts is the communities where these diseases hit the hardest.
Making an impact
people reached through various public health initiatives, educational programs and pest repellent innovations
people served annually at health clinics built by SC Johnson to bring health care access to hard-to-reach communities
While SC Johnson has been helping protect families from insects and the diseases they may carry since 1956, in 2013 we created the Healthier World Initiative, which focuses on preventing insect-borne disease for the world’s most vulnerable people.
The team’s focus is the more than 4 billion people globally that earn less than a few dollars (USD) per day, sometimes referred to as the “base of the pyramid.” These communities often live in areas where insect- borne diseases hit the hardest.
To help, our Healthier World Initiative team spends time with families in affected communities. We learn how they live their lives, what they value and what they aspire to. We learn their daily routines, how their family and community operate, and what challenges they face.
Ultimately these are the connections that help us create actionable solutions that best fit into families’ lives.
We are dedicated to improving lives for families around the world in communities of all sizes and socio-economic levels.Fisk Johnson
Chairman and CEO
Helping families
These are just a few of the people our Healthier World Initiative has gotten to know in their work to understand and assist in the fight against mosquito-borne disease.
Sonia and Amina
Every member of Sonia’s family has been affected by malaria. Amina’s family fled to the Kawar Maila Internal Displaced Persons Camp in Borno State, where malaria is the highest cause of reported morbidity and mortality.
Ko Thein
Ko lives in a village near the Myanmar border and works overnight tapping rubber trees to support his wife and six children. His work puts him outside when mosquitoes are at their peak biting activity.
Anna
Anna’s community sits alongside a river, where rising water signals the beginning of mosquito season. She needs protection solutions that are accessible and affordable, and fit into her family’s routines.
Using entomological expertise, SC Johnson has developed tools like SC Johnson Guardian™ that can significantly reduce the presence of mosquitoes in homes.
Each year, over half a million people in Africa die from malaria. SC Johnson is helping take down malaria by building up Africa’s healthcare network with local clinics.
See our progress
September 2023 marked a decade of work leveraging our expertise and capabilities to prevent disease for some of the world’s most vulnerable families. See our progress in our 2022/2023 impact report.
Pursuing local solutions with global impact
Speeding access to protection
At SC Johnson, we are going above and beyond to implement solutions to get interventions to the people who need them most.
Providing sustainable solutions
As we continue our drive to offer protection from mosquito-borne disease at scale, we aim to ensure our efforts are sustainable in every sense of the word.
Helping in the fight against Dengue
During the Dengue outbreak of 2024 in Argentina, SC Johnson donated 240,000 mosquito repellents to help protect families in underserved communities.
Get the facts on SC Johnson’s disease prevention efforts
See how we bring products, innovation, education and partnerships to the fight against insect-borne disease.