Local community partnerships are in place, particularly in the rural areas of the country. The main areas covered are: HIV, education and primary healthcare. The company has, since the merger, invested more than R12 million in impoverished communities.

Some of our Corporate Social Responsibility projects include:

Edzimkulu Long Range Plan – Ndawana KwaZulu-Natal

• This is a holistic programme focused on HIV/AIDS management and economic sustainability in Ndawana, Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal.
• Ndawana is a geographically isolated village of some 3,900 people where unemployment is very high and the incidence of HIV, while varying significantly by age, has an overall prevalence of around 30% and is around 50% in the 25-45 age range.
• With the assistance from GlaxoSmithKline, over 1,000 Ndawana community members have been counseled and tested for HIV and those who have needed ARV treatment are now being monitored and treated.

JPHIEGO – John’s Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa (JPHIEGO) Cervical Cancer Advocacy Programme - North West Province

• The project was established in conjunction with John’s Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa (JHHESA), a non- government organization (NGO), to provide technical assistance and training to healthcare workers to mobilize the community in the North West Province by conducting Single Visit Approach (SVA) as part of cervical cancer screening and a prevention programme.
• In South Africa’s North West Province (NWP), the Provincial Department of Health has identified improved cervical cancer prevention as a key priority. JHHESA/JHPIEGO’s proposed solution to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer amongst women in South Africa is to introduce the Single Visit Approach (SVA) as an addition to cytological screening for cervical cancer in targeted facilities in the NWP.
• Training of NWDoH healthcare workers in Thailand as well as a donation of cryotherapy units to treat precancerous lesions as part of the SVA, was also supported by GSK.

Cotlands Home-Based Care Outreach Project in Soweto

• The Cotlands Home-Based Care outreach project in Soweto which is linked to the Cotlands Sanctuary is aimed at providing assistance to families within the Soweto community to care for their HIV positive children at home.
• Soweto home-based care project includes: support groups for the care givers, income generating projects, food gardens, material aid – food, clothing, household equipment and educare and after care services as well medical and oxygen care for palliative care patients, in respect of HIV positive children who are oxygen dependent.

South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) Free State

• The aim of SADAG Free State project is to capacitate home-based HIV and AIDS workers by educating them about depression and anxiety and initiating 15 sustainable psychosocial support groups in the Free State region.
• To date the SADAG have initiated over 180 support groups in the past ten years. These support groups have been sustainable through the ongoing support and affiliation to SADAG.

Asondle Sive boMake and Hands@Work in Swaziland

Home-based care training for HIV positive children and Women in Kaphunga.

• Kaphunga and its surrounds is a remote, mountainous region lacking in rainfall, serviced by one bus per day, no other public transport, no taxis.
• This is a community project working closely with Hands@Work (an NGO) and a group comprising of 31 women aged from 33 to 67 from the Kaphunga community.
• Kaphunga community have been affected and infected by HIV/AIDS with an increase in Child headed house holds. GSK support towards the project enables volunteers to continue with home visits to the Kaphunga community and surrounds, distribute food parcels on a monthly basis to community members and OVC’s.

Mafeteng HIV Clinic – Lesotho

Focus on training resources needed for the Mafeteng HIV Clinic.

• Lesotho is currently struggling with a high prevalence of HIV that has a negative impact on the economic and cultural development of the country. The highest prevalence has been reported for the age group of 20 – 29 years, which represents the most important section of the population in terms of productive work force, education and maintenance of family structure.
• Due to the increasing statistics of HIV/ AIDS infections, Mafeteng has been at the forefront to fight the epidemic in the community and expand the services to the satellite clinics around Mafeteng.
• GSK to date has assisted the Mafeteng hospital in purchasing relevant equipment (Freezer, heating and cooling system, etc.) for the Karabong ARV Clinic which has assisted in serving close to 3,000 patients on ART and close to 6,500 people enrolled for Pre-ART.

Mbonomhle Child Care Centre – Sinkonkonko (KwaZulu-Natal)

• The Centre was established for Orphans affected by HIV/AIDS, women and the community in general. The MCC experienced a tragedy in 2007, where part of the centre, kitchen and facilities burnt down.
• The Department of Health and the MCC community have requested assistance from GlaxoSmithKline South Africa in “building the community and resources” to once again support and make the plight of the MCC community lighter.

Access Programme for HIV/AIDS

• In 2001, the global GlaxoSmithKline group announced its commitment to making medicines for HIV/AIDS and malaria available at not-for-profit preferential pricing in 63 countries – including the Least Developed Countries and Sub-Saharan Africa. This offer extends to governments, non-government organizations (NGOs) and international aid groups and in Sub-Saharan Africa to employers as well.
• To date, GlaxoSmithKline has granted six voluntary licenses to generic manufactures to produce its antiretrovirals (ARV’s) in South Africa.

GlaxoSmithKline is a pharmaceutical company that is highly committed to the research of finding BOTH new medicines and vaccines for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – the three diseases identified as priority by the World Health Organization (WHO).