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Anglo American milestone
South African milestone
International milestone

1986 1987 1990 1996 2000 2002
Anglo American carries The South African Anglo American South Africa Durban hosts the Anglo American
out the rst HIV study in government passes produces the rst adopts its 13th International starts o ering free
the mining industry in legislation making human-rights based Constitution Aids Conference. treatment to all
South Africa. Of the employing infected HIV/Aids policy in the Activists demand employees. The HIV
18 450 mine workers HIV-positive foreigners mining industry, that companies treatment
tested, only 4 (0.02%) illegal. This advocating no provide anti- programme becomes
were positive legislation pre-employment retroviral treatment the largest treatment
is dropped screening for (ARV) programme in the
in 1991 HIV/Aids world initiated by a
private company

2009 2008 2005 2003 2002
The Global Business Anglo American More than 5 million Cost of ARV treatment South Africa’s
Coalition awards the extends its workplace South Africans are falls globally, allowing Constitutional Court
Business Excellence programme for those recorded to be poor and vulnerable orders government to
Award for the Best infected HIV-positive – the countries to import provide the ARV
Workplace with highest rate in the generics nevirapine to
Programme HIV/Aids to world pregnant,
to Anglo include HIV-positive
American dependants mothers

2009 2010 2010 2011 2014
Anglo American Group South Africa has the Anglo American Anglo American and The UN announces
Foundation partners with biggest treatment pledges support to Sentebale – a charity Aids deaths fell
the International Women’s programme in the world, the Global Fund to founded by Prince Harry 40% and 37 million
Health Coalition, working targeting at least Fight Aids, TB and of the British royal family deaths were
in 20 developing countries, 1 million people. Malaria at the G20 – form a partnership to averted between
to protect and promote Globally, 35 million Business Summit focus on improving the 2000 and 2013
health rights for women people are living with lives of herd boys in
and adolescents who are HIV Lesotho
vulnerable to HIV
infections

2017 2017 2017 2016 2015
Anglo American’s The department of The Bill and Melinda Gates Durban hosts the 21st UNAids
diamond business, De health announces a Foundation announces it International Aids announces that
Beers Group’s executive deal to buy ARVs will invest $140 million in a Conference. Anglo the goal of
leadership got tested that will save SA new HIV-prevention tool, American, in partnership 15 million people
for HIV. This helped to R11 billion over six an implant that can deliver with UNAids, launch the on life-saving HIV
improve participation in years. At the end of HIV-prevention medication #GenEndIt Pledge treatment by 2015
wellness programmes August 2017, 3.9m continuously over a long Campaign to end the has been met
and the percentage of patients are on period of time – eliminating Aids epidemic by 2030
employees who knew government’s HIV the need for people to take
their status jumped from programme daily pre-exposure
26% in 2016 to 81% prophylaxis (PrEP)
in 2017

2018 2018 2020 Goal 2020 Goal 2030 Goal
A new study reports that December 1, SA expects to 90% of Anglo American ‘I call on countries, the
targeted, high-coverage Anglo American’s have 6.1 million employees in high-prevalence private sector and civil
roll-out of PrEP was diamond business, on treatment countries will know their society to seize this
associated with a 25% De Beers Group and virally status; 90% of those with an opportunity to end the
reduction in new HIV reiterates its suppressed by HIV/Aids-positive diagnosis will Aids epidemic by 2030.
diagnoses in one year. commitment to December 2020 be receiving immediate This will require innovation,
It is the rst empirical the UNAids sustained antiretroviral leadership and shared
study to test PrEP's 90-90-90 target therapy; 90% of those HIV- responsibility to ensure
population-level positive employees who are that no one is left behind.’
e ectiveness receiving ARV treatment will Ban Ki-moon,
have viral suppression UN secretary-general

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