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HIV/Aids

The main objectives of Exxaro's HIV/Aids strategy at business unit and corporate level are to:
  • Prevent more people from becoming infected with HIV/Aids
  • Extend the lives of those infected for as long as possible to the benefit of the company and society at large
  • Ensure the impact of HIV/Aids on the company is managed to enable Exxaro to grow and contribute to South Africa's developing economy.

HIV/Aids management

HIV/Aids remains a challenging disease in South Africa, with one out of every six people living with HIV/Aids in the world found in South Africa.

Exxaro HIV prevalence is currently estimated at 14%. At the end of 2008, 64% of our employees had participated in voluntary counselling and testing. However, at some sites less than half the employees have tested. Our target for 2009 is to get at least 50% of all employees at each site to test for HIV.

The group’s HIV/Aids programme was reviewed and the strategy revised to address identified implementation gaps.

The major strategic objectives of Exxaro’s HIV/Aids programme are to:

  • Reduce risk of infection. This includes providing a workplace programme focused on prevention, early detection, treatment and support
  • Reduce the cost of intervention by quantifying and reducing direct, indirect and systemic costs
  • Minimise impact on financial returns by reducing absenteeism, retaining skills and increasing productivity
  • Improve the health of employees and business sustainability (by improving employee wellness and prolonging lives).

The range of services available to employees includes:

  • Telephonic support through a call centre
  • Lifestyle and nutrition counselling
  • Anti-retroviral readiness and adherence counselling
  • Anti-retroviral treatment
  • Monitoring of side effects and adverse drug reactions
  • Post exposure prophylaxis.

One of our challenges has been ensuring adherence to treatment and this will be an area of focus in 2009. Training will be provided to encourage employees to be more supportive to HIV positive employees and peer educators will be equipped with skills to help colleagues adhere to treatment.

Progress on achieving Exxaro’s strategic objectives will be tracked over time by introducing targets on training, testing enrolments and adherence to treatment.

CONTACT
Dr Busi Madolo
Tel: +27 12 307 4598
busi.madolo@exxaro.com

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