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Mining Health Initiative
Understanding how the mining sector can contribute to better health in low income countries.
The Mining Health Initiative will contribute to a greater understanding of existing mining health partnerships between the private and public sector.
It will look at how mining health partnerships can go beyond improving the productivity of employees to strengthening community relations, enhancing corporate reputations and creating new standards of practice.
The Mining Health Initiative is being undertaken by Health Partners International and Montrose International in partnership with the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF).
The Initiative will analyse evidence of what works - existing structures and mining health programmes already in place – and identify best practice models for future partnerships. This will be achieved through a series of in-depth case studies about mining companies as well as in-country stakeholder consultations in Africa.
It will work with all stakeholders to build consensus and to identify models and structures for successful mining health programming that provide good value for money from both the company and public perspective.
Ultimately, this project will demonstrate the ways in which joint investment and collaborative working can contribute to better health outcomes in low-income countries that have emerging and developed mining sectors.
The Mining Health Initiative’s workplan includes:
| Literature Review | Nov-Jan 2012 |
| Case Studies | Mar-May 2012 |
| Stakeholder Consultation | May-Jul 2012 |
| Produce good programming guidelines | Jul-Aug 2012 |
| Stakeholder validation and endorsement of guidelines | Sept-Oct 2012 |
The Initiative is funded by DFID and the World Bank International Finance Corporation, under the aegis of HANSHEP, a group of development agencies and countries established by its members in 2010 with the aim of seeking to work with the non-state sector in delivering better healthcare to the poor.
Current HANSHEP members include the Rockefeller Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, AusAID, DFID, IFC, KfW, USAID, the World Bank and the Government of Rwanda. For more information go to: www.hanshep.org