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Anglovaal Mining

Anglovaal Mining Limited (Avmin) is an African mining company. It develops copper, cobalt, nickel, ferrous and precious metals. The company has eight mining and plant operations in South Africa, Zambia and Namibia.

Goal

Designing and operating a site-tailored HIV/AIDS programme to succeed in a decentralised company (August 2002).

Key questions:

How can Avmin deliver the high level of service mandated by its HIV/AIDS vision statement when the company is a diverse, decentralised collection of businesses?
What level of financial analysis and risk assessment is required to spur the rapid development of programmes?
How can Avmin improve the attitude and competencies of its managers and supervisors to manage HIV-positive employees to minimize the impact on production costs?

Programme description

In 2002, Avmin defined the elements and outcomes for a successful Avmin HIV programme. Each of its eight operations will be held accountable for tailoring and implementing these programmes.

Avmin created an HIV/AIDS policy framework in 2001. Each operation will use this framework to create agreements with the labour unions.

Avmin will expand its internal prevention programmes in 2002 to focus on awareness, peer education and counselling, and condom distribution.

Mines will hold training and awareness sessions to provide management and communication skills to supervisors to equip them with the knowledge and attitudes necessary to manage HIV-positive employees.

Operations are implementing a Voluntary Testing and Counselling programme.

All operations have varying levels of involvement with the community, ranging from limited outreach to prevention initiatives targeting commercial sex workers. Operations will examine interventions by NGOs, local businesses and regional governments to identify potential Avmin community partnerships.

Operations are implementing a wellness management programme for HIV positive individuals as well as antiretrovirals for MTCT, rape victims and employees with occupational exposure in 2003.

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