New standard emerges for HIV and Aids management in the workplace

A new South African National Standards (Sans) system, which will improve HIV and Aids management in the workplace, was launched by the South African Bearau of Standards (SABS). Education, Training and Counselling (ETC) MD Linzi Smith says that Sans 16001:2007 can be successfully implemented in all workplace environments including the public sector, the private sector, and the nongovernmental sector.

Smith states that many organisations have been implementing HIV and Aids workplace programmes on a trial-and-error basis, identifying what works, and what does not, through a process of elimination. However, she adds that there is still a lack of support from senior and middle management in implementing such programmes. read more