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Business leaders in Singapore have teamed up with the health ministry
to persuade companies to combat discrimination against employees with
HIV and Aids.
The main job of the Aids Business Alliance is to convince employers to run Aids education programmes.
Senior health minister Balaji Sadasivan, officially starting the campaign, said: 'Today, if a person has HIV and goes to work, chances are if co-workers know, they will be very afraid of him. What we want to do is to educate people so that they are not afraid of the HIV-positive person. It also makes it easier for employers to continue employing him, as his co-workers are willing to work with him.'
An MP, Wang Kai Yuen, who is also managing director of Xerox Singapore Software Centre, leads the initiative, which is based on an existing HIV and Aids education programme run by Standard Chartered Bank.
The main job of the Aids Business Alliance is to convince employers to run Aids education programmes.
Senior health minister Balaji Sadasivan, officially starting the campaign, said: 'Today, if a person has HIV and goes to work, chances are if co-workers know, they will be very afraid of him. What we want to do is to educate people so that they are not afraid of the HIV-positive person. It also makes it easier for employers to continue employing him, as his co-workers are willing to work with him.'
An MP, Wang Kai Yuen, who is also managing director of Xerox Singapore Software Centre, leads the initiative, which is based on an existing HIV and Aids education programme run by Standard Chartered Bank.
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