HIV / AIDS IN THE MINING INDUSTRY
to working with governments , civil society , and fellow business leaders to make this happen .
AIDS in line with the UN goals .
But as long as we have a single worker newly infected with HIV , we are not yet there . This is not to diminish the strides made in the 21st century so far . Rather , it is to ask another , more aspirational question : could we be living in a society free of AIDS as a major public health problem 15 years from now ? We think it is possible , and look forward
Case Study : The Batho Pele mobile clinics and the UGM Hospital in Kuruman When faced with a 130 kilometre journey along a dirt road to get to the nearest hospital , a mobile clinic can become a vital lifeline for an infected patient .
This is the reality of the Gasese rural village in the Northern Cape of South Africa , a beneficiary of Anglo American ’ s Batho Pele project . Launched in 2011 , the programme uses mobile clinics to move throughout the Northern Cape and deliver primary healthcare services and HIV treatment .
The innovative project has assisted more than 68,500 patients since 2011 — a substantial number of these being HIV and AIDS-related services .
The Northern Cape is an important region for Anglo American ’ s Kumba Iron Ore division in South Africa . The town Kathu is home to Sishen Mine , the company ’ s biggest iron ore operation and one of the largest open-pit mines in the world . However ,
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