Confronting HIVAIDS

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Confronting HIV/AIDS - Anglo
Americans experience Canon Collins Educational
Trust Conference 18 July 2002
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A Vital Business Issue

• Infection rates of 1 to 30 in SA operations
• Destruction of skills/human capital
• Increase in operating costs
• Adverse impact on safety
• Investor caution
• Maintaining viable operations

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A Summary of Anglo Americans Prevention Response
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Elements of HIV/AIDS Programme

• Prevention/Awareness programmes
• Removal of stigma/commitment to
  non-discrimination
• Links to poverty alleviation/community projects
• Identification and treatment of STDs
• Prevalence surveys
• VCT and wellness programmes

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Summary of HIV/AIDS Care Programme

• Ensure employees with HIV/AIDS dont suffer
  unfair discrimination
• Keep them and their families healthy and
  productive for as long as possible through early
  participation in wellness programmes
• Counsel them on how to live with HIV and not
  infect others
• Prevent opportunistic infections, particularly TB
• Prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV with
  antiretroviral drugs
• Extend care programmes into surrounding
  communities through existing public and private
  health service providers and NGOs
• Provide management advice to community-based AIDS
  programmes and help access donor funding.

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Key Learnings

• The epidemic can be managed
• Community stakeholders involvement vital
• education/prevention
• community projects
• Prevalence is closely linked to poverty

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Collaborative Projects

• Peer education and STD projects
• Income substitution projects
• Hospice and home care projects