BHP BILLITON CASE STUDY : PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONSE TO THE HIVAIDS EPIDEMIC

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BHP BILLITON CASE STUDY PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONSE
TO THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC

• Andre van der Bergh Regional Advisor Southern
  Africa
• Health, Safety, Environment Communities (HSEC)
• 4th International AIDS Society Conference
• June 2007

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BHP BILLITON GLOBAL OPERATIONS
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HIV/AIDS ROADMAP
24-26
Projected
HIVPrevalenceRate
10
Reality
ContractorsCommunity Multi StakeholderPartnershi
ps Standardised VCCT Programmes Global CoP
Equality ofHealthcare Privatised
Healthcare(Condition ofEmployment) Restructuring
of benefits
8
Education VCCT Industrial Theatre Employee/Employe
rTask Groups
Migrant Labour Single Sex Hostels Local
Recruitment
1993
1996
1999
2002
2007
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COMPARATIVE HIV PREVALENCE RATES (2006)
5,927 Employees (60.4) participated in VCCT
programmes
HIV Prevalence Rate
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TYPICAL CLINICAL COURSE OF HIV INFECTION 0 10
YEARS
Post-Intervention
Primary HIV infection
Asymptomatic HIV infection
Well
1000
900
800
WellnessImmune status (CD4 cell count)HIV Viral
load (Cells/ml)
400
400
400
450
450
300
200
Start anti-viral treatment
10000
5000
5000
1000-5000
1000
600
400
400M
400
Wellness CD4 cells HIV Viral load
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CD 4 TRACKING

• 403 Employees on Lifeworks programme
• Zero fatalities (2006) for those receiving
  treatment

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FUTURE CHALLENGES

• Dependents of Employees
• Retirement Savings
• Technological Breakthroughs
• Contractors/Community Partnerships
• Global Risk

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GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF THE EPIDEMIC