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Aids in the Workplace
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AIDS is fast reaching a problem-point for small business owners, the majority of whom, according to local studies don't even have a specific workplace policy on Aids. For this reason businessowner.co.za has compiled a comprehensive resource list to assist small business owners with business-related issues on Aids, from testing, workshops to medical aid and treatment.
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Nongovernmental organizations, including voluntary, community-based associations, can play a vital role in promoting safer sexual practices and providing support for persons affected by HIV/AIDS. Their particular strength lies in their access to individuals and communities and in their credibility, without which behaviour change and its maintenance are so much harder to achieve. Associations of persons with HIV or AIDS have a unique credibility in this regard. Nongovernmental organizations are ... well placed to combat complacency, denial, stigmatization and discrimination. Those that have their roots in the community are more likely to be responsive to community needs, to be flexible, and to be aware of religious and cultural sensitivities – qualities that complement the strengths of government bodies. It is therefore essential that all relevant parties, governmental, intergovernmental, and nongovernmental, forge partnerships to ensure the genuine involvement of community-oriented organizations that are already working on AIDS or that have the potential to do so. This involvement must include participation in the design, implementation, and review of programmes and activities at local, national, regional and global levels.
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AIDS is a condition in which the infection control mechanism of the human body weakens to the point that the body becomes unusually prone to a variety of diseases. It is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). There is presently no cure.
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On 25 August 2007 the AIDS Law Project, acting on behalf of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), sent a letter to the president of the Republic of South Africa Mr Thabo Mbeki. This letter was in response to his call for evidence of the dereliction of duty by the Minister of Health, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
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In the 2007 financial year, US federal funding for HIV and AIDS was estimated to total $23.4 billion. Of this, 56% was for care, 11% for research, 9% for cash and housing assistance, 4% for prevention, and 19% for combating the international epidemic.19
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's second largest AIDS organization, and the preeminent national organization that deals with AIDS as a business and workplace issue, will merge on January 1, 1996, it was announced today. This is the first time two major national AIDS organizations have merged.
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