Medentech is committed to driving a significant positive health impact globally by improving access to safe drinking water and reducing surface contaminations by developing, manufacturing and marketing cost effective disinfection solutions. This will be done while generating a fair return for our shareholders and an excellent working environment for our staff.

Commitment to improving health

Human and animal health can be compromised when harmful bacteria, viruses and parasites contaminate drinking water either at source, through seepage of contaminated run-off water, or within a piped distribution system. Moreover, unhygienic handling of water during transport or within the home can contaminate previously safe water.

Over 4 billion cases of illness occur annually and at any one time over 50% of the hospital beds in the world are occupied by people suffering from water borne diseases. Lack of access to safe drinking water, together with inadequate sanitation and hygiene is the overwhelming contributor leading to 1.8 million annual deaths caused by diarrhoeal disease. As 90% of diarrhoeal deaths are borne by children under five, mostly in developing countries, 5,000 children die every day as a result.

Medentech is committed to reducing the suffering associated with water borne disease by offering innovative and cost effective products at point of use. In particular, Medentech has been championing the case for water treatment at the household level and is a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) network to promote household water treatment and safe storage.

Medentech has developed a tablet for that portion of the population who carry water into the household on a daily basis. The tablet is dissolved in the water, leaving the water safe to drink. In most countries, Aquatabs can be used to disinfect the daily water requirement for a family of 6 people for only a few cents. The WHO have set a target of reducing by half the number of people with access to improved water sources by 2015, or simply put, to ensure that 550 million people acquire access to improved water sources by 2015.

Medentech has set a corporate target of providing access to safe drinking water to 30 million people by 2010. Aquatabs now has 13 million daily users for long term point of use household water treatment. In addition, Medentech offers solutions to many people during emergency situations and to travellers and defence forces around the world.