GTECH in association with the Kerala State AIDS Control Society organised a session on Business Response to HIV/AIDS on 12th December 2008 in Technopark.
The companies in Technopark who attended the session nodded positively to the suggestion from KSACS that a module on HIV/AIDS should be included in the staff induction and training programmes
Inaugurating the meeting, Project Director of KSACS and Secretary Social Welfare Department, Government of Kerala Dr. Usha Titus IAS said that it was important to mainstream HIV through workplace initiatives and public-private partnership could go a long way in spreading the message on HIV. She also sought the active involvement of Technopark companies and its employees in forming Red Ribbon Clubs to promote voluntary blood donation.
Through workplace initiatives, KSACS is looking at forming partnerships to ensure that every organisation has a policy regarding HIV/AIDS. Such partnerships will also address issues of discrimination faced by HIV-positive persons at workplaces.
Satish Kumar Amarnath, Director, Manipal Cure and Care who led a technical session pointed out that HIV was indeed everyone’s business and that no persons or groups were free from risk.
Presentations were made on stigma reduction, challenges in implementing workplace initiatives. Those who led the sessions included Rita Cross, Joint Director (Care and Support), KSACS, K.B. Sudhir, team leader (Mainstreaming), KSACS, Binu Sankar, CEO, Group of Technopark Companies and S. K. Harikumar, consultant (Behaviour and Sexuality).
A programme protocol and work plan for the joint initiative will be discussed at the next meeting of the CEOs of Technopark companies.
The companies in Technopark who attended the session nodded positively to the suggestion from KSACS that a module on HIV/AIDS should be included in the staff induction and training programmes
Inaugurating the meeting, Project Director of KSACS and Secretary Social Welfare Department, Government of Kerala Dr. Usha Titus IAS said that it was important to mainstream HIV through workplace initiatives and public-private partnership could go a long way in spreading the message on HIV. She also sought the active involvement of Technopark companies and its employees in forming Red Ribbon Clubs to promote voluntary blood donation.
Through workplace initiatives, KSACS is looking at forming partnerships to ensure that every organisation has a policy regarding HIV/AIDS. Such partnerships will also address issues of discrimination faced by HIV-positive persons at workplaces.
Satish Kumar Amarnath, Director, Manipal Cure and Care who led a technical session pointed out that HIV was indeed everyone’s business and that no persons or groups were free from risk.
Presentations were made on stigma reduction, challenges in implementing workplace initiatives. Those who led the sessions included Rita Cross, Joint Director (Care and Support), KSACS, K.B. Sudhir, team leader (Mainstreaming), KSACS, Binu Sankar, CEO, Group of Technopark Companies and S. K. Harikumar, consultant (Behaviour and Sexuality).
A programme protocol and work plan for the joint initiative will be discussed at the next meeting of the CEOs of Technopark companies.
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