Business Response to HIV/AIDS: Impact & Lessons Learned

This report aims to build awareness within businesses of the need to expand and enhance the response to HIV/AIDS. The report highlights the impact of the epidemic on the productivity and costs of business and on its stakeholders (workforces, suppliers, communities and the general public), requiring early and continued prevention and care responses. It provides assistance to businesses and associated partners, presenting the business rationale, advice, guidance and the lessons learned from good practice by companies and organisations world-wide. It is aimed at readers from business, the public sector and civil society organisations, providing an examination of how they can work together to achieve successful partnerships in the response to HIV/AIDS. Included in the report are seventeen case studies of businesses, associations and non-governmental organisation (NGO) responses, providing models of good practice, the lessons learned and ingredients of success of responding to HIV/AIDS.