Building awareness and preventing risk, screening, anti-retroviral treatments... World AIDS Day is an opportunity to review the work carried out in this field by the Group on a daily basis, on the ground.
Lafarge is pursuing a comprehensive health policy which also includes anti-malarial and public health initiatives.
Why carry out public health initiatives? |
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Lafarge is
making a commitment because:
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TestimonialMichel Puchercos, Director of the East Africa region and Chairman of the African Health Committee
Key figuresMalaria
and AIDS |
Fighting AIDS for employees and communities |
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Progress of work against HIV in sub-Saharan Africa – 2007 Report Peer-educatorsKey players in the program Mortality rateOur employees and AIDS |
The Group
operates in 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa:
in 2008 this represented around 7000 employees, or 9% of the total Lafarge
workforce.
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Using anti-AIDS methodology to fight malaria |
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A parasitic
disease carried by mosquitoes, malaria is the biggest cause of death in
children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa.
Malaria kills 1 person every 30 seconds and significantly hampers the
continent's economic development: it causes on average a third of
absenteeism in the company and its impact on growth is estimated at 1.3% each
year.
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Progress of work against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa – 2007 Report Malaria in NigeriaAbsenteeism
and disease Pilot projectStrong
ambitions in Uganda |
An increasingly global approach to health challenges |
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2012 AmbitionsPrecise
sustainable development objectives The brochure (P.D.F - 535 Kb)
On the groundCase
studies
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In the
context of its Sustainable Development Ambitions 2012 plan, the
Group has committed to extending its work against AIDS and malaria by 2010 to
the other major developing countries in which it operates (China, India, etc.)
The Sustainable Development 2012's brochure (P.D.F - 535 Kb)
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Last update on 11/27/2008
