Business responses to HIV / AIDS in the African formal sector workplace:
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2005Author
Roberts, Matthew
Wang'ombe, Joseph
Forsythe, Steven
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As the rising human cost of AIDS becomes increasingly visible in African countries, policy makers are giving more attention to the impact of the epidemic
on socioeconomic development. Kenya's 1994-1996 National Development Plan begins to strategically address the developmental impacts of HIV / AIDS. The Plan calls upon the formal commercial/ private sector (henceforth the "business sector") to play a greater role in HIV / AIDS prevention by supporting workplace prevention efforts and establishing appropriate policies for the workplace. With increasing demands on scarce public resources and a recognition that the workplace provides a good environment for HIV / AIDS
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Health Economics and Development Research Associates (HEDRACollections
- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10387]