| Document ID (ISN) | 104872 |
| CIS number |
06-449 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-5868 - Bundesarbeitsblatt |
| Year |
2005 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Zimmermann S. |
| Title |
HIV/AIDS is poorly understood by enterprises - Results of a global survey |
| Original title |
Unternehmen wissen zu wenig über Aids/HIV - Ergebnisse einer weltweiten Umfrage [in German] |
| Bibliographic information |
2005, No.4, p. 19-24. Illus. |
| Internet access |
http://www.bmas.bund.de/BMAS/Redaktion/Pdf/Publikationen/Bundesarbeitsblatt/bundesarbeitsblatt-04-2005,property=pdf,bereich=bmas,sprache=de,rwb=true.pdf [in German]
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| Abstract |
The World Economic Forum, UNIADS and the Harvard School of Public Health surveyed 9000 enterprise managers in 104 countries to investigate their understanding of the impact of HIV/AIDS on their enterprise. According to the report of the survey, published under the title "Business and HIV/AIDS: Commitment and Action" (see CIS 06-461), most of the managers questioned, even those in the countries most affected by HIV/AIDS, did not know the rate of infection among their employees. It is suggested that it is because of this ignorance that so little effort is made to prevent HIV infection. Only 4% of enterprises in Eastern European have a section on AIDS in their health promotion programme, and this rate falls to 2% in the Baltic countries, Russia and the Ukraine, where the rate of infection is high. It is feared that HIV/AIDS will spread from Eastern to Western Europe, a fact not foreseen by Western European business leaders. Only a few large German enterprises, such as those in the automobile industry, have taken an interest in this question. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
health programmes; role of management; immunodeficiency syndrome |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Europe; questionnaire survey; infection control; economic aspects |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Germany |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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| Browse category(ies) |
Workplace health promotion
HIV/AIDS
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