Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) has donated
chemicals and spraying machines worth over 10,000 Ghana cedis to the
Health Directorate of the Accra Metropolitan Authority.
The donation is in support of the directorate's malaria prevention exercise in the central business district of Accra.
The Managing Director of ABL, Mr Grant Liversage said the gesture
was in line with the company's quest to help solve some public health
problems such as the malaria scourge.
Mr. Liversage said AMA's initiative will encourage business and
individuals with the vision of improving health and environment to
contribute to such a noble cause and assured of the company's preparedness
to complement the efforts of the authority in such ventures.
Dr. Simpson Anin Boateng, Director of the AMA Health Directorate said
the statistics of infant and maternal deaths due to malaria at the health facilities were disheartening.
He said his outfit was doing more in preventive measures than curative
as far as malaria control was concerned and thanked the ABL for responding favourably and timely to the request for support for the fumigation of the central business district, specifically the Agbogloshie market and Accra central.
He expressed the hope that other business will emulate the act.
Accra Brewery Limited, a subsidiary of SABMiller is a Ghana Club 100
Company that has been operating in the country since 1931. The company's principal activities are the manufacturing and distribution of alcoholic
and non-alcoholic drinks.
The Company's brand portfolio includes club Premium Lager, Castle Milk, Stone Lager, Chairman Malt Liquor, Redd's Fruit Fusion, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Vitamalt Club, Shandy and Club Sparkling soft drinks.