HIV/AIDS
Why Employers Care
AIDS is a workplace issue because it affects workers and the families, enterprises and communities which depend on them. At the same time, the workplace has a vital role to play in the wider struggle to control the epidemic.
According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization in the 2007 AIDS Epidemic Update, the global prevalence of HIV infection — the percentage of people infected with HIV — has leveled off. However, the total number of people living with HIV is increasing because of ongoing acquisition of HIV infection, combined with longer survival times, in a continuously growing general population.
What Employers Can Do
HIV/AIDS affects people during their most productive years. Due to the global epidemic, businesses experience multiple threats including loss of productivity, increased costs, and a degradation of the economies in which they function.
Employers can lead by example by developing anti-discrimination HIV/AIDS policies as a foundation for other services including:
- Education on prevention and transmission
- Testing
- Voluntary counseling
- Treatment
Employers cannot manage the crisis alone. Leadership by governments is critical and business can play an important role in supporting and pressuring governments to act.
Global Health Benefits Institute Resources
All Business Group HIV/AIDS Resources/Publications
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