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AIDS toolkit launched by business coalition

    JOHANNESBURG

    The South African Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (SABCOHA) has launched an AIDS toolkit to help address the impact of AIDS in the workplace, Agence France-Presse reported.

    Only 41 percent of South African companies have implemented policies on HIV/AIDS, and only 18 percent of firms have programmes encouraging workers to undergo voluntary HIV testing, said Brad Mears, CEO of SABCOHA.

    The toolkit includes posters, brochures and a video showing how to formulate a budget, develop and introduce an HIV/AIDS policy and set up a steering committee.

    The coalition warned that not implementing an HIV/AIDS policy would cost businesses more in the long run.

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