Employers, employees and their respective organisations have a right to continuing education and information relating to modes of transmission of HIV, the means of preventing transmission, the need for counseling and care and the social impact of infection on those affected by HIV/AIDS.
Education is an important means of combating discrimination and irrational responses to HIV/AIDS in the workplace.
Good businesses have reached a point where they have to take initiative in educating and informing employees in regards to AIDS/HIV and issues relating to it.
It is more effective to be pro- active and manage HIV properly than to react only in treatment and letting people get sick and die. All of us can make a contribution by giving hope that the spread of AIDS/HIV can be reduced and fighting the stigma.
Module 5 was designed to assist you in understanding the fundamentals of the disease, the expected outlook for HIV-infected persons, the way in which the disease is and is not spread, the HIV test, and the many myths and misconceptions associated with AIDS, making a valuable contribution to our knowledge of AIDS and how to manage this new challenge to our country.
Below is a video on how Johnson & Johnson manage the issues related to AIDS/HIV and the impact it has on their business.
