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Best healthcare for HIV-positive gold miners

    JOHANNESBURG

    South Africa's largest gold mining company, Harmony, estimates that up to a third of its workforce are living with HIV and AIDS, according to a local newspaper, Business Day.

    In its latest annual report, the company noted that the incidence of HIV/AIDS in South Africa "poses risks to Harmony in terms of potentially reduced productivity and other costs", but said its intention was to achieve the healthiest workforce possible.

    The company was well on the way with its "healthiest workforce campaign, which provides quality healthcare equivalent to private hospital standards to all employees", the report said.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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