HIV / AIDS IN THE MINING INDUSTRY
with one of the highest HIV infection rates in the country , the province was in dire need of treatment programmes , so in 2007 Anglo American launched the Ulysses Gogi Modise Wellness Clinic ( UGM ), a sponsored ARV clinic , at a cost of R17-million ( nearly £ 1 million ).
The clinic tested 14,000 patients for HIV in 2013 , with 435 testing positive . It also ran counselling and training for 29,000 patients and provided ARVs to 1,536 patients . Out of this clinic came the initiative to launch the Batho Pele mobile clinics in 2011 . Then , in 2014 , UGM began an initiative at all the schools in the Gamagara Municipality to educate young South Africans about health issues . A total of 6,500 school children attend these on an annual basis .
Our goal is to help communities become empowered and economically active in a way that makes a lasting difference long after the mining operations are complete . In 2014 alone , Kumba spent R22.2 million (£ 1.6 million ) on numerous community healthcare projects , benefiting about 360,000 people in the communities around our Sishen and Kolomela mines .
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