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Nedcor

Nedcor is a major South African financial services company and has operations throughout South Africa, and branches in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Isle of Man, as well as representative offices in Beijing and Taipei.

Key questions

What method is most effective in deploying, monitoring, evaluating and improving the effectiveness of a peer-education programme involving more than 600 peer educators?

Is an on-site VCT service a necessary component of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS programme, or can external providers full this need?

Given that the treatment programme is provided through an external management programme, are there certain on-site workplace services that could enchance the external programme?

Programme description

Nedcor is developing interventions initially focusing on awareness and prevention activities with an aim to address high-risk behaviours, reduce discrimination, increase the company's ability to manage the disease, and increase the enrolment of HIV-positive employees in the company's treatment programme.

Management and labour approved Nedcor's HIV/AIDS policy in June 2002. This was done through a breakfast seminar where all the stakeholders could sign the Nedcor pledge, providing visible support for the initiative.

Nedcor’s HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness campaign focuses on management workshops, peer educators, intervention manager/master trainers, and condom distribution.

VCT is available through external medical providers and is covered through the employee medical scheme. Aggregate VCT usage statistics are not currently tracked.

HIV-positive employees gain access to Nedcor's treatment programme, including access to Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment (HAART).

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Click here to read Nedcor’s HIV/AIDS policy.

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