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Why Does A Mining Company Care About Malaria? The Ivanhoe Fionet Partnership .

Fact Sheet | December 20, 2018

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Ivanhoe Mines, in partnership with Fio Corporation and Chemonics, formed Fionet: an innovative technology that supports the diagnosis, treatment, and tracking of malaria in and around their mine development sites, and communities, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

For mining companies to thrive, so must the communities where they operate. To improve operational efficiency and support these communities, Ivanhoe Mines partnered with Fio Corporation and Chemonics to introduce and scale an innovative technology (Fionet) for supporting the diagnosis, treatment, and tracking of malaria in and around their mine development sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).