Malawi Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) implementing projects in the mining and extraction sector have been asked not to overlook the issues of HIV and Aids when implementing projects because sexual activities are high around mining sites. District Coordinator for National Association of people living with HIV and Aids (Napham) in Karonga Saul Diyoni made the appeal...“It is an open secret that HIV and Aids has affected all corners of our society as such we all need to stay on guard hence I am surprised why partners implementing projects in the mines are so insensitive to the matter,” said Diyoni. Diyoni advised that the health and wellbeing of people around mining sites has to be one of the key priorities because, according to him, interventions in other areas risk to be in vain if they target a reckless people who indulge in risky behavior.