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Sasol tackles HIV/AIDS holistically

    JOHANNESBURG

    The cost of HIV/AIDS to South African petrochemicals company, Sasol, is expected to peak over the next three to four years, as HIV-positive workers reach the stage of advanced infection.

    However, the group hopes to ease the effects of the disease, and reduce infection rates through the Sasol HIV/AIDS Response Programme (SHARP).

    Sasol general manager, Jannie van der Westhuizen, said rather than "throwing condoms" at the problem, SHARP addresses the holistic well-being of its workers.

    "Our strategy previously was uncoordinated and did not deliver a value proposition to workers," Van der Westhuizen was quoted by a local newspaper, Business Day, as saying.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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