News
August 31st 2010 - Aquatabs launches pilot study in Mexico
Medentech announces the launch of an Aquatabs Water Purification Tablets pilot study in Mexico.
Medentech is delighted to conduct a pilot study in association with renowned Mexican charity, Un Kilo de Ayuda
March 31st 2010 - Aquatabs participates in alliance for healthy children in India
Wexford, Ireland, March 31st 2010: The U.S. Ambassador to India, Timothy J. Roemer, commemorated World Water Day, by launching a new United States Agency for International Development (USAID) initiative, "Saathi Bachpan Ke" (Alliance for Healthy Childhood) at a festival in the Sanjay Gandhi Camp in Chankayapuri, New Delhi.
March 10th 2010 - Aquatabs Supports World Water Day
Medentech is delighted to support World Water Day initiatives with Aquatabs, its leading brand of Water Purification Tablets.
Providing access to improved water supply is part of the 2015 Millennium Goal, without which many millions of lives will continue to be lost. In fact 1 in 5 deaths occur in children under the age of 5 as a result of water related diseases. World Water Day helps profile the importance of making available safe drinking to those most in need around the world.
March 3rd 2010 - Aquatabs launched in Senegal
Medentech announces the launch of Aquatabs Water Purification Tablets in Senegal.
Dr Boubacar Dankoko, Technical Advisor to the Minister of Health and Prevention chaired the launch ceremony of Aquatabs water purification tablets on the 24th February at the CICES in Senegal. He acknowledged the work of the social partners Ademas and aid agency USAID, saying that their work was an outstanding contribution towards the Millennium Goal. He was pleased that the introduction of Aquatabs was a cost effective solution and part of an overall programme to provide continuous supplies of safe water to Senegalese households. Aquatabs water purification tablets will be available for sale via Pharmacies and Retail Outlets throughout Senegal.
17th September 2009 - Inovotabs® Disinfectant Tablets Receive EPA Registration
Medentech, a solutions provider of clean water and cost effective disinfection solutions, recently announced that Inovotabs®brand disinfectant tablets received registration from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Pfizer Poultry Health holds the exclusive sale and distribution rights for the product.
19th August 2009 Aquatabs supports UNICEF World Record attempt
Wexford, Ireland, July 19th 2009: Medentech are delighted to announce the donation of Aquatabs water purification tablets to UNICEF in support of their Guinness Book of Record attempt at beating the current High 5 world record. For every High 5 achieved, 1,000 litres of safe water will be donated by Medentech to UNICEF for the developing world.
June 17th, 2009 Medentech announces the launch of Aquatabs Water Purification Tablets in Sri Lanka.
Aquatabs are effervescent tablets, sized for different volumes of water from 1l to 2,500l that kill micro-organisms in water to prevent typhoid, cholera, dysentery and other water borne diseases.
We are pleased to announce that George Steuart (Agencies) Limited, a subsidiary of George Steuart & Company (Pvt) Limited, the oldest mercantile establishment in Sri Lanka will distribute Aquatabs on behalf of Medentech.
21st March 2009 Medentech celebrates 25 years in business by donating 25 million litres of Aquatabs water purification tablets to UNICEF.
“We are delighted to donate Aquatabs water purification tablets to UNICEF to help improve access to safe drinking water to those most in need around the world” says Dr. Oran McGrath Managing Director, Medentech. He says that over 1.1 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and that Medentech is committed to reducing this figure in line with the WHO millennium goal by the year 2015.
18 Oct 08 Aquatabs launched in Ethopia
Wexford, Ireland – Call for all to unite in fight
against water-borne diseases at the official
launch of Aquatabs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Representative drawn from the ministries of health
and water resources, governmental and
non-governmental organizations as well as
pertinent bodies were in attendance at the
launching ceremony of Aquatabs in Ethiopia.The Ministry of Water Resource (MoWR), Ethiopia
has called on Governmental and non-governmental
organizations as well as private institutions to
work in partnership to prevent waterborne diseases
at the official launching of "Aquatabs", water
purification tablets, in Adis Ababa, Ethiopia.
18 Aug 08 Medentech joins USAID in programme to bring safe drinking water to millions in Pakistan
Wexford, Ireland, August 18, 2008: Medentech is to play a major part in the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) campaign to improve public health in Pakistan.
Medentech joins Unilever, the multi-national
manufacturer of leading brands in foods, home care
and personal care and Mobilink, the leading
provider of mobile phone and text messaging
services in Pakistan, in signing three
‘memorandums of understanding’ with USAID.
12 Jun 08 Aquatabs launched in Ghana
Wexford, Ireland – Medentech today announced that
its Aquatabs brand of water purification tablets
has been launched in Ghana.Aquatabs are effervescent tablets, sized for
different volumes of water from 1l to 2500l,
which kill micro-organisms in water to prevent
typhoid, cholera, dysentery and other water borne
diseases.
12 Jun 08 Medentech celebrates 100 years of chlorination
Wexford, Ireland – Medentech celebrates the 100th
anniversary of chlorination of water.In 1908, Jersey City and Chicago became the first
U.S. cities to use chlorine to help provide safe
drinking water. This life saving technology was
rapidly adopted by cities across the world helping
to virtually eliminate waterborne diseases such as
cholera and typhoid.
