GUINEA: Mining zones take on AIDS

CONAKRY Friday, November 28, 2008 (IRIN) - With an HIV infection rate of 5.2 per cent, the lucrative mining sector in Guinea is particularly at risk from the epidemic. Some mining companies have begun setting up their own programmes to make up for the lack of HIV/AIDS services on offer. But they say a public-private partnership is essential if local residents are not to be excluded. Guinea has immense resources in bauxite, iron, gold, diamonds and other minerals which, the government says,...