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HIV/AIDS
 
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Key HIV/AIDS indicators
Note that most of the information relating to HIV/AIDS is for the group?s South African operations only, which accounts for 87% of the workforce. This region represents by far the greatest challenge in respect of HIV/AIDS. Where this report has been extended to cover other regions in which AngloGold operates this is specifically indicated.
   
351 peer educators had been trained on the AngloGold Peer Education course between 2001 and 2003
5,498 cases of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) were recorded by AngloGold Health Service (AHS) clinics during the year1. This is a decrease of 10% on the number recorded in 2002
3,264 visits were recorded at AngloGold?s Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) centres in 20032
2,9033 employees had registered with the Wellness Clinics to date by end December 2003, of which 2,777 were AngloGold employees
534 employees entered the Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) programme rolled out by AngloGold in South Africa in 2003, which represents 18% of AngloGold?s employees estimated to be HIV-infected and to have progressed in their disease to the point that they meet the medical criteria to begin ART 4,5
 
1 Excluding STIs treated at ERGO but including employees of client companies and contractors other than AngloGold that pay a fee to AHS for a range of health care services.
2 Includes VCT for ERGO employees, or partners of employees (who attend VCT for free), and employees of client companies other than AngloGold who pay for the services, eg DRD in Carletonville and Harmony.
3 Excluding ERGO (see footnote 6) but including 126 Wellness patients that were/are employees of client companies other than AngloGold that pay a fee to AHS for the Wellness Programme. These include TEBA, Mondi Mining Supplies, Kopano Bricks, DRD, Harmony.
4 Estimating 25% of HIV-infected individuals to meet the medical eligibility criteria.
5 Does not include ERGO employees who are on a different medical aid that has an ART benefit that they access through their private general practitioners.
6 2002 VCT statistics do not include VCT visits at ERGO which had only a small service with low volumes at that stage.
7 Month by month VCT data is collected from the 20th to the 19th of each month. Annual VCT data represents visits occurring between 20 December of the previous year and 19 December of the current year.
 
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