Regional health threats

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HIV/AIDS

• Minimise the risk of HIV/AIDS at AngloGold Ashanti by ensuring that all operations susceptible to a HIV/AIDS risk, adhere to best practice.
• Reduce the rate of new infections by increasing the focus on prevention initiatives, increasing VCT uptake to 40% of employees and increase the ratio of peer educators to employees to 1:60.
• Efficiently manage those infected by HIV/AIDS by increasing the number of Wellness clinic patients by 40% and the number of patients on ART by 40%.
• Consolidate the provision of supportive care to the company’s ill-health retired employees as well as the communities in which AngloGold Ashanti operates.

Malaria

• Complete baseline study at Siguiri in Guinea.
• Implement integrated campaign at Geita in Tanzania.
• Implement integrated campaign at Obuasi in Ghana. A 50% decrease in incidence and absenteeism is being targeted.