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Article

5 Aug 2006

Author:
Stephanie Nolen, Globe and Mail [Canada]

Doing business with HIV [So. Africa]

At Goedehoop Colliery [part of Anglo American]...just like equipment updates and shaft closing warnings, information about HIV goes out in...every single interaction with its 2,000 employees...there is a newly messianic drive...to get employees to test for HIV at least once a year...Then, anyone who tests positive is enrolled in a care program that includes, if the person is sufficiently ill, anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment...It's all part of Anglo's comprehensive HIV-AIDS management plan, which is, in the opinion of both industry and many public health experts, far and away the best in the world. Now...many other businesses are catching up... [also refers to De Beers, DaimlerChrysler, Coca-Cola, Eskom]