Case studies Home » Sustainability » Case studies » Promoting healthy lifestyles and access to healthcare 2024 2024 2023 Promoting healthy lifestyles and access to healthcare In recognition of Hidden Valley’s lifestyle disease reduction programme, community health and Pinktober campaigns, Harmony won two awards at the 17th Annual Papua New Guinea Resources and Energy Conference and Exhibition held in Sydney, Australia. Winner of the outstanding health and safety initiativeaward The award recognises the innovation and success of the Hidden Valley’s reduction of lifestyle diseases programme, which focuses on non-communicable diseases among workers, such as hypertension and obesity. The programme aims to reduce individual workers’ risk profiles and increase overall quality of life. Through a screening process, the programme identifies all site-wide workers, employees and contractors that may be of high risk for requiring urgent medical treatment. Our on-site physician determines a review frequency for every individual worker based on their medical profile and job requirements. The programme has 12% of our workforce enrolled and is continuously under reviewfor inclusion when a worker visits the clinic for any reason. Since the introduction of the programme, we have seen a significant reduction in cases requiring urgent medical evacuation; increased adherence to medication; and overall better understanding of individual conditions and the importance of managing these so that our workforce can live longer and healthier lives. First runner-up for outstanding humanitarian initiative The award recognises the value of Hidden Valley’s community health outreach and Pinktober campaigns, delivered in partnership with the Morobe Provincial Health Authority and the Bulolo and Wau-Waria district health offices. Our programmes help to bolster essential service delivery within host communities, aligning with the priority areas of the Papua New Guinea National Department of Health. Since 2022, we have: Vaccinated 576 children against diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, polio, hepatitis B and haemophilus influenzae B Treated over 1 160 community members at our mobile health clinics Provided more than 720 community members with breast cancer screenings through our Pinktober programme Facilitated the training and certification of 25 village health assistants, who are upskilled to provide basic health services and serve as crucial links between community and health.