Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant problem in the mining industry in Southern Africa. In South Africa alone, TB rates within the mining workforce are estimated at 2,500-3,000 cases per 100,000 individuals. This incidence is 10 times the WHO threshold for a health emergency, and is also nearly three ...
The failure to control tuberculosis in the mining industry must be a matter for grave concern. –Leon Commission Report, 1996. A Meteoric Shower of Facts "The results also show the very high prevalence of ... TB, Mines and Tuberculosis in Southern Africa Author. Created Date:
The crisis of tuberculosis and silicosis in the South African mining industry 1. Current epidemiology of pulmonary TB in miners 2. Underlying causes of TB epidemic in miners 3. Externality: ex-miners and the migrant sick 4. Systemic changes are needed, particularly for ex-miners: 1. Governance 2. Elimination of silicosis/dust control 3.
Objectives. We estimated the relationship between mining and tuberculosis (TB) among countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods. We used multivariate regression to estimate the contribution of mining activity to TB incidence, prevalence, and mortality, as well as rates of TB among people living with HIV, with control for economic, health system, and population confounders.
Dec 01, 2017· However, in the late 2000s, stronger action was taken to tackle the TB epidemic in the mining industry in South Africa and the tide started to turn. Between 2010 and 2011, the people living with HIV who received TB treatment more than doubled, from 146,000 to 373,000. There was finally a real impetus to tackle and treat the two diseases together.
TB in the Mining Industry: A breeding ground for an infectious killer "After knowing for more than a century that the South African mining industry is rich with TB, we finally have the political will in the region to create an emergency response to arrest its spread.
This paper describes an investigation into tuberculosis in the mining industry in South Africa. An Orange Free State gold mine, a Western Transvaal gold mine, and one colliery were included in the survey in which 1503 men took part. The percentage of tuberculin-negative employees, the existence of undetected carriers in the compounds, the efficacy of the X-ray screening system, environmental...
Abstract. South African miners face an epidemic of occupational lung diseases. Despite a plethora of research on the mining industry, and the gold mining industry in particular, research impact (including disease surveillance) on policy implementation and occupational health systems performance lags.
Given the prevalence of TB in the mining industry, mining companies have a responsibility to tackle this epidemic, as they do with HIV, and to improve the health of local communities. As part of our duty of care at Anglo American, we deploy active case management and TB awareness campaigns at our Platinum operations in South Africa, as part of ...
• In 2010/11, 11% of S.A. gold mining sector's miners were infected with TB compared to an industry average of 5% •Also, 0.72% miners were infected with silicosis compared to an industry average of 0.31% • And yet, gold mines have limited TB & HIV services (only 56%
targeted active TB detection, treatment and occupational health measures would cost US$ 570 million - a third less. The underlying social and structural determinants of this largely disproportionate TB burden in the mining industry lies outside the traditional health sector, and it can only be addressed through
Tuberculosis and Mining The Need to Prioritize R&D The Economic Impact of TB on the Mining Industry and Southern African Economies Mineral mining is a major contributor to economic growth in Southern Africa, playing a vital role in job creation in the region and comprising up to 25 percent of GDP in some countries.1 In a
Southern Africa cracks down on TB in mines IRIN News 26 Mar 2013 09:47 The South African Department of Health estimates the country's gold mining industry has the highest number of new TB cases ...
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Nov 30, 2019· These policies include: (i) SADC Declaration on TB in the Mining Sector (2012); (ii) Framework for Harmonized Management of TB (2014); and (iii) SADC Code of Conduct on TB in the Mining Sector (2015). The mining industry in Southern Africa attracts mineworkers has a strong reliance on migrant labourers from within countries and across borders.
as the mining industry. 3. Populations with high prevalence of TB infection: Targeted screening of individuals that are at high risk of being infected, such as individuals from TB endemic countries entering low burden countries or known populations with
Tuberculosis and Mining The Need to Prioritize R&D The Economic Impact of TB on the Mining Industry and Southern African Economies Mineral mining is a major contributor to economic growth in Southern Africa, playing a vital role in job creation in the region and comprising up to 25 percent of GDP in some countries.1 In a
Answering Mining's Big Questions. Drainage problems would have caused "persistently high water levels" that weakened the facility's walls, say experts appointed by the miner.
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The gold-mining sector came under heavy criticism from clinicians, ex-miners, advocacy groups and the Minister of Health for the tuberculosis crisis it faces at the recent South African TB Conference, held in Durban from 1 to 4 June, 2010. "If TB/HIV is a snake in Southern Africa, we know that its ...
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by tuberculosis. The mining industry has a higher risk of tuberculosis due to factors such as silica dust, crowded living conditions and HIV/AIDS infection [3]. In South Africa, historically the ...
1.1 PHASES OF A MINING PROJECT There are different phases of a mining project, beginning with mineral ore exploration and ending with the post-closure period. What follows are the typical phases of a proposed mining project. Each phase of mining is associated with different sets of environmental impacts. 1.1.1 Exploration
South Africa's mining industry is conscious that, for a range of reasons, tuberculosis (TB) and HIV-Aids are a special challenge for our members and their employees. The industry has taken on ...