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24 Sep 2002

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BBC News

Firms 'must wake up to Aids'

Business bosses gathered at the Commonwealth business forum in London have been urged to take a leadership role in tackling Africa's Aids/HIV crisis...Dr Cleves [Dr Julia Cleves, a senior policy advisor at UNAIDS] praised the work of a select few big multinational firms such as Anglo American, Standard Chartered Bank and Ford for being "golden lights who are no longer afraid of dealing with the problem".