GBC will be hosting a meeting with the private sector and local stakeholders in Gabon, to discuss malaria prevention efforts in the central African nation and chart a path forward…Already, GBC member companies Sumitomo Chemical and Vestergaard Frandsen, both producers of insecticide-treated bed nets, have agreed to offer reduced rates for group purchases of their nets and Sanofi Aventis has said it is willing to provide malaria drugs at cost…Veolia Environment has 1,500 employees on the ground in Gabon and is committed to tackling malaria, 5,000 cases of which its clinics treat each year.