Experience and lessons from health impact assessment guiding prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in a copper mine project, northwestern Zambia

Experience and lessons from health impact assessment guiding prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in a copper mine project, northwestern Zambia

Abstract Background To avoid or mitigate potential project-related adverse health effects, the Trident copper project in Kalumbila, northwestern Zambia, commissioned a health impact assessment. HIV was identified a priority health issue based on the local vulnerability to HIV transmission and experi...

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Main Authors: Astrid M. Knoblauch, Mark J. Divall, Milka Owuor, Kennedy Nduna, Harrison Ng’uni, Gertrude Musunka, Anna Pascall, Jürg Utzinger, Mirko S. Winkler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Community health management
Health impact assessment
HIV
Mining
Occupational health
Sexually transmitted infections
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-017-0320-4

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