Sanlam warns of HIV/AIDS economic time bomb

The HIV/AIDS pandemic is an economic time bomb that poses a major threat to the profitability of companies in South Africa, the country's second largest financial services group, Sanlam, has warned.

Executives take the lead in arivia.kom's HIV/AIDS programme

arivia.kom has moved into phase two of its programme to manage and reduce HIV/AIDS in the workplace, with CEO Zeth Malele and his fellow executives setting the example by being the first to take the HIV-related tests that initiate this phase.

Cell Life, Fundamo throw HIV+ people a lifeline

Mobile technology development specialist Fundamo has made a contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa by providing ongoing support with technical development for Cell Life, a mobile information support initiative for the management and treatment of the pandemic.

Global workforce could be devastated by HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS is holding back economic growth and putting a massive strain on workers in some of the world's poorest nations, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.

Metrofile helps employees in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Metrofile has reported that its HIV/AIDS programme has yielded results that far exceeded its expectations, with 90% of the organisation's staff taking part in the voluntary HIV counselling and testing phase.

Baby Jake throws his weight behind HIV/AIDS fight

Former world boxing flyweight champion Baby Jake Matlala led the fight against HIV/AIDS at Mondi's Durban headquarters in Merebank, where he was the guest of honour at the company's HIV/AIDS programme on Wednesday.

Paper Giant tackles HIV/AIDS in the workplace

In an effort to tackle HIV/AIDS among its workers, South African pulp and paper giant, Mondi, is encouraging employees to undergo voluntary HIV counselling and testing.

Call for papers - Multidisciplinary forum of child and youth research, with a focus on HIV/AIDS

HIVAN (Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking) is a research, networking and advocacy organisation attached to the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. HIVAN is convening a two-day forum on the 26th and 27th of November 2004 in Durban and will present various in-house projects which link biomedical and social science research with practice. Other researchers across multiple disciplines in the field of childhood studies and HIV/AIDS are invited to share this platform to present their work. The Forum will be open to both academics and practitioners.

Using theatre to encourage HIV testing

A trade union in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province has launched a theatre project to encourage more union members to know their status by coming forward to be tested for HIV.

Telkom urged HIV/AIDS action by businesses

The South African parastatal telecommunications company, Telkom, says an estimated 11.4 percent of its 32,000 workers could be HIV-positive by 2006.