HIV/AIDS
We recognize that HIV/AIDS is a global public health emergency and acknowledge
the role of the workplace in limiting the spread and effects of the
epidemic. While HIV/AIDS is a global problem, more than 70% of those
infected live in Africa.
Since 2002, we have been working with our bottlers to provide a comprehensive
HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment program for the approximately 60,000
Coca-Cola system associates in Africa, as well as their
spouses and children. This effort is the largest single program of
its kind in Africa. It is managed by doctors and health professionals
on the ground in the region. The program includes a prevention and
awareness course (including free condoms) and confidential voluntary
counseling and testing for employees and their dependants. Antiretroviral
drugs are also made freely available to all who need them.
Our Africa HIV/AIDS work extends beyond the workplace and includes
high-impact community focused programs conducted across the continent
with our strategic partners: Dance4Life,
the African Network for Children Orphaned and at Risk, and the African
Broadcast Media Partnership.
In 2006, we expanded HIV/AIDS workplace programs to China, India
and Russia.
|