Providing adequate health care to employees through all the phases of mining from exploration through drilling, construction, commissioning and production can be challenging in remote locations in Africa.

Health care providers are expected to deliver a professional service in a clean, if necessary sterile environment, in locations where even basic water and sanitation supplies may be lacking.

The speaker provides an overview of medical facilities in several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, questioning what would be considered “best practice” in these locations?