africa: Fighting HIV/Aids in the Workplace

An estimated 860 000 primary schoolchildren lost their teachers to HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa in 1999. The effect of these kinds of losses on an education system such as SA's, where a critical shortfall of qualified educators already exists, will have repercussions throughout the economy, says Dr Murray Coombs, principal consultant: workplace health of Deloitte & Touche Human Capital Corporation.