Access to quality health care is an essential step to combat poverty. It also offers the basis for building the human and institutional capacity required for long-term economic development. We use our organizational capabilities, technology, employees and financial resources to support quality health care for women and children and aid in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Supporting the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Chevron's efforts to fight disease are rooted in the belief that healthy communities produce healthy employees who in turn lead to improved economic circumstances in the places where we work.
In 2008, Chevron became the Global Fund's first Corporate Champion, and we have invested $30 million over three years in the organization to support AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programs in Angola, Nigeria, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. More recently, we continued our support for the Global Fund by making a three-year $25 million commitment to the U.S. Fund for the Global Fund, a new nonprofit organization established to encourage individuals, corporations and charities to contribute to the Global Fund's mission. Our contribution will support programs dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS and reducing mother-to-child transmission of the virus.
By investing in Global Fund grants, Chevron has contributed to these overall results:
- 3.4 million people were reached through HIV/AIDS prevention programs
- 997,836 mosquito nets were distributed
- 378,632 people completed HIV/AIDS testing and counseling
- 312,968 people received antiretroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS
- 1,672 people were treated for tuberculosis
In Thailand, we worked with the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) and the Mahasadum Group to conduct AIDS Education Youth Camps. More than 50 young leaders received leadership and HIV/AIDS-awareness training. AIDS Awareness workshops were also conducted in 11 schools in Nakhon Si Thamarat Province and reached more than 550 students. Through a parent educator program, PATH and Chevron provided 200 adults with skills to communicate with their children about HIV/AIDS, and, at our Caltex stations in Bangkok, we distributed more than 40,000 HIV/AIDS brochures to young public transportation drivers.
Chevron Nigeria has deployed its Workplace Wellness initiative to small and medium-size businesses in Lagos. This peer education program includes HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis training for employees as well as members of their communities. Although many large businesses in Nigeria have begun offering HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services to employees, the vast majority of small and mid-size businesses—which make up 70 to 80 percent of businesses in Nigeria—have not.
Creating Healthier Communities
Chevron also supports HIV/AIDS and maternal and child health initiatives independent of our Global Fund partnership.
In Indonesia, Chevron recently built a pair of health centers for the villages of Bumbung and Minas Jaya, on the island of Sumatra. The clinics have improved access to health care, particularly for women and children, who formerly had to walk great distances to receive care in other villages. The facilities provide programs such as baby weighing, food supplement distribution, immunizations and other services.
In the Dunoon community, near our refinery in Cape Town, South Africa, many of the residents are suffering from HIV/AIDS. When local leaders approached our community advisory panel about providing assistance to those living with HIV/AIDS, Chevron collaborated with the Department of Social Development, community leaders and a local nongovernmental organization called Heavenly Promise to create the Dunoon Community Home-Based Care Center in 2009. The program trained caregivers from the community, who bring nearly 150 meals each week to homebound people with the disease. Beyond supplying funding to build and stock the facility, Chevron and its partners provided project management training to local women to run the center as a sustainable community project.
Updated: January 2012