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US official cautions on economic cost of HIV/AIDS
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Mr Robert O. Blake, Charge d'affaires, Embassy of the United States of America in India, addressing a `Workplace Intervention on HIV/AIDS Occupational Heath Day' on Friday in Mumbai. — Shashi Ashiwal
Mumbai
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July 8
THE private sector must increase its participation in preventing HIV/AIDS and caring for those affected, said Mr Robert O. Blake, Charge d'affaires with the United States Embassy.
Business growth could be jeopardised if more is not done to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS, he said, addressing a group of Chief Executive Officers on Occupational Health Day.
Lauding the efforts of Tata Steel, Bharat Petroleum and the Godrej Foundation for developing policies for the management of the illness in the workplace, he said, "This is a small beginning of the HIV/AIDS response needed from business in Mumbai, a city that shapes national economy."
He also pointed out the vulnerability of the un-organised sector to the illness and the need for corporate support to workers in this sector. The event was organized by the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry along with the Indian Association of Occupational Health and the USAID-supported Avert Society.
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