DENGUE BOTTLE

Short List
TitleDENGUE BOTTLE
BrandMAYNILAD WATER SERVICES
Product / ServiceANTI-DENGUE FEVER CAMPAIGN
CategoryB05. Public Service, Charity & Fund Raising
EntrantY&R PHILIPPINES Manila, THE PHILIPPINES
Entrant Company Y&R PHILIPPINES Manila, THE PHILIPPINES
Advertising Agency Y&R PHILIPPINES Manila, THE PHILIPPINES

Credits

Name Company Position
Mary Buenaventura Y/R Philippines/Inc. Chief Operating Officer
Kathleen Camus Y/R Philippines/Inc. Account Manager
Agnes Almasan Y/R Philippines/Inc. Account Director
Ariel Bautista Y/R Philippines/Inc. Producer
Grace Benesa Y/R Philippines/Inc. Art Director
Badong Abesamis Y/R Philippines/Inc. Executive Creative Officer/Copywriter
Marcus Rebeschini Y/R Singapore Chief Creative Officer-Asia

The Brief

Dengue fever is the most deadly mosquito-borne viral illness in the world. In the Philippines, hundreds upon hundreds die from it every year.

Describe how the promotion developed from concept to implementation

What people don't know is that simple technology is available to prevent it. All it takes is clean water-plus brown sugar and yeast placed in a bottle. Producing carbon dioxide, the mixture attracts mosquitoes, trapping and killing them inside the bottle.

Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results

Maynilad received thousand of media impressions because of the effort. After this, it was reported by the Western Pacific Regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in its Dengue Situation Update (21 February 2013) THAT DENGUE CASES ACTUALLY FELL BY MORE THAN HALF. THERE WERE 4,866 LESS CASES--plunging 55% vs. same time last year. And all it took was to unleash the power of clean water.

Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service

Maynilad, a company that supplies clean water to the Philippine capital distributed hundreds upon hundreds of these bottle mosquito traps to Filipinos.