Every year we mark World AIDS Day across Anglo American, to raise awareness and celebrate the steps taken to diminish the impact of the disease. HIV/AIDS is a global epidemic. It impacts all our operations and the communities we work in. We believe it is our responsibility as a business, but also our social duty, to make sure that our employees and their families are healthy.
Reaching our goals
We have been working with UNAIDS to tackle HIV/AIDS in all our operations. Not only do we want to see our employees live healthy lives, but we want to see the end of HIV/AIDS as a major public health problem by 2030. Our commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS supports the UNAIDS 90-90-90 Target. So, by 2020:
- 90% of our employees in high-prevalence countries will know their status
- 90% of those with an HIV/AIDS positive diagnosis will be receiving immediate sustained anti-retroviral therapy (ART)
- 90% of those HIV positive employees who are receiving ART will have viral suppression.
We are well on our way to achieving this target. At present, 83% of our employees in high prevalence countries know their status and more than 84% of those with an HIV/AIDS diagnosis are receiving sustained anti-retroviral treatment. This early and sustained treatment translates into a more than tenfold decrease in the number of people who have lost their lives to HIV/AIDs-related illnesses in the last four years.
