Does the private sector care about AIDS? Evidence from firm surveys in East Africa

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages

  Ramachandran, Vijaya ^a,b   Shah, Manju K ^c   Turner, Ginger L ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; East Africa; Economics; Private sector

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDOM; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA, EASTERN; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PERCEPTION; PRIVATE SECTOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34547686045     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000279695.55815.de     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. UNAIDS. Center for HIV information. University of California, San Diego, California, USA; 2004.
2. Bloom D, Bloom L, Steven D, Weston M. Business and HIV/AIDS: who me? A global review of the business response to HIV/AIDS. Prepared for the World Economic Forum's Global Health Initiative. World Economic Forum, Geneva 2004.
3. Taylor K, DeYoung P, Boldrini F. Business and HIV/AIDS: a global snapshot. World Economic Forum, Geneva July 2004.
4. Rosen S. The implications of HIV/AIDS for Nigerian manufacturing firms. RPED Working Paper no. 113; World Bank, Washington DC July 2001.
5. Biggs T, Shah M. The impact of the AIDS epidemic on African firms. RPED Working Paper no. 72; World Bank, Washington DC 1997.
6. Fox M, Rosen S, MacLeod W, Wasunna M, Bii M, Foglia G, Simon J. The impact of HIV/AIDS on labour productivity in Kenya. Trop Med Int Health 2004; 9:318-324.
7. Rosen S, Simon J, Vincent JR, MacLeod W, Fox M, Thea DM. AIDS is your business. Harvard Bus Rev 2003; 81:613-626.
8. Rosen S, Simon J. Shifting the burden: the private sector's response to the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Bull WHO 2003; 81:131-137.
9. Connelly P, Rosen S. Will small and medium firms provide HIV/ AIDS services to employees? An analysis of market demand. South Afr J Econ 2005; 73 (Suppl 1):613-626.
10. Aurum Health. Cost-benefit analysis of eight South African companies' HIV/AIDS treatment programs. Presented at the South Africa AIDS Conference. Durban, June 2005. Available at: http://www.aurumhealth.org. Accessed: June 2007.
11. Mears B. SABCOHA presentation at South Africa AIDS Conference. Durban, June 2005.
12. Over M. Confronting AIDS: public priorities in a global epidemic. World Bank. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1997.
13. Dorrington R, Bradshaw D, Budlender D. HIV/AIDS profile in the provinces of South Africa: indicators for 2002. MRC, ASSA, UCT Technical Report; University of Capetown, South Africa 2002.
14. Coulibaly I. The impact of HIV/AIDS on the labor force in sub-Saharan Africa: a preliminary assessment. Geneva: International Labor Office; 2005.
15. Maffessanti A. HIV absenteeism study. AIC Insurance Company. Presented at the International AIDS Conference, Toronto, August 2006.
16. Maffessanti A. The impact of absenteeism on productivity at Welfit Oddy. AIC Insurance Company. Presented at the International AIDS Conference. Toronto, August 2006.
17. N'Galy B, Ryder RW, Bila K, Mwandagalirwa K, Colebunders RL, Francis H, et al. Human immunodeficiency virus infection among employees in an African hospital. N Engl J Med 1988; 319:1123-1127.
18. Whittle H, Egboga A, Todd J, Corrah T, Wilkins A, Demba E, et al. Clinical and laboratory predictors of survival in Gambian patients with symptomatic HIV-1 or HIV-2 infection. AIDS 1992; 6:685-689.
19. Morgan D, Mahe C, Mayanja B, Okongo JM, Lubega R, Whitworth JAG. HIV infection in rural Africa: is there a difference in median time to AIDS and survival compared with that in industrialized countries? AIDS 2002; 16:597-603.
20. Durier S. Meeting to discuss IFC Against AIDS Program. International Finance Corporation, Washington DC, USA 9 November 2005.
21. Kaufmann D, Kraay A, Mastruzzi M. Governance matters IV: governance indicators for 1996-2004. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3630. Washington, DC: World Bank; June 2005.
22. Debswana AIDS Office. Presentation on Debswana HIV/AIDS Program. Washington, DC; September 2005.
23. World Bank. Investment climate assessment for Kenya. 2002. Available at: www.worldbank.org/rped. Accessed: June 2007.
24. World Bank. Investment climate assessment for Uganda. 2003. Available at: www.worldbank.org/rped. Accessed: June 2007.
25. World Bank. Investment climate assessment for Tanzania. 2003. Available at: www.worldbank.org/rped. Accessed: June 2007.