Sacob's HIV/Aids kit tops
Helmo Preuss
Johannesburg - The South African Chamber of Business (Sacob) has won a US$20 000 award for its simple toolkit to assist small and medium enterprises (SME) address HIV/Aids in their workplaces.
Sacob said many surveys on the effectiveness in addressing HIV/Aids in the business environment concluded that small business was not addressing this problem effectively, purely because they do not have the time, resources, skills and knowledge to do it in an effective manner.
To assist in addressing this burning issue, Sacob developed a simple toolkit with the support of trade union federation Cosatu, as well as the departments of health and labour, who will be contributing pamphlets, booklets and posters for insertion into each toolkit.
The World Bank hosted a competition over the past few months for Southern Africa Customs Union (Sacu) countries (Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and South Africa) that are actively engaged in presenting new and creative ideas for dealing with HIV/Aids.
The chamber also won accolades for its strategy to monitor the implementation of this product through its chamber movement.
Sacob will launch its toolkit over the next few weeks and will institute a programme to effectively mobilise it into the small business environment.
South Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV/Aids in the world, with more than one in 10 of the population of 45 million infected.
HIV prevalence amongst antenatal clinic attendees has risen from only 0.7% in 1990 to 4.0% in 1993, 17.0% in 1997 and 26.5% in 2002.
The 2002 provincial split varied from a low of 12.4% in the Western Cape to a high of 36.5% in KwaZulu-Natal. The prevalence rates for the other provinces were 15.1% for Northern Cape, 15.16% Limpopo, 23.6% Eastern Cape, 26.2% North West, 28.6% in Mpumalanga, 28.8% Free State and 31.6% in Gauteng.
Helmo Preuss
Johannesburg - The South African Chamber of Business (Sacob) has won a US$20 000 award for its simple toolkit to assist small and medium enterprises (SME) address HIV/Aids in their workplaces.
Sacob said many surveys on the effectiveness in addressing HIV/Aids in the business environment concluded that small business was not addressing this problem effectively, purely because they do not have the time, resources, skills and knowledge to do it in an effective manner.
To assist in addressing this burning issue, Sacob developed a simple toolkit with the support of trade union federation Cosatu, as well as the departments of health and labour, who will be contributing pamphlets, booklets and posters for insertion into each toolkit.
The World Bank hosted a competition over the past few months for Southern Africa Customs Union (Sacu) countries (Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and South Africa) that are actively engaged in presenting new and creative ideas for dealing with HIV/Aids.
The chamber also won accolades for its strategy to monitor the implementation of this product through its chamber movement.
Sacob will launch its toolkit over the next few weeks and will institute a programme to effectively mobilise it into the small business environment.
South Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV/Aids in the world, with more than one in 10 of the population of 45 million infected.
HIV prevalence amongst antenatal clinic attendees has risen from only 0.7% in 1990 to 4.0% in 1993, 17.0% in 1997 and 26.5% in 2002.
The 2002 provincial split varied from a low of 12.4% in the Western Cape to a high of 36.5% in KwaZulu-Natal. The prevalence rates for the other provinces were 15.1% for Northern Cape, 15.16% Limpopo, 23.6% Eastern Cape, 26.2% North West, 28.6% in Mpumalanga, 28.8% Free State and 31.6% in Gauteng.
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