This page presents all relevant good practice case studies that showcase how business have addressed the HIV/AIDS dilemma. Case studies have been developed in close collaboration with a range of multi-national companies and relevant government, inter-governmental and civil society stakeholders. We also draw on public domain sources, including the UN Global Compact's own published Communications on Progress through which signatories are required to report on their performance against the Ten Principles.
The case studies explore the specific dilemmas and challenges faced by each organisation, good practice actions they have taken to resolve them and the results of such action. We reference challenges as well as achievements and invite you to submit commentary and suggestions through the Forum.
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William J. Clinton Foundation: Addressing HIV/AIDS in the developing world - Global
The Clinton Foundation runs programmes addressing HIV/AIDS in the developing world. One of its most notable achievements has been to help 70 countries (representing more than 92% of people living with HIV globally) access ART at collectively negotiated prices. According to the foundation, the negotiated agreements have reduced the price of first-line treatments by 50%, paediatric medicines by 90%, and second-line HIV/AIDS medicines by a cumulative reduction of 30% in low income countries.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Bringing innovations in health and learning - Global
The Gates Foundation works with the Global Fund to provide ART for an estimated 1.75 million people living with HIV. The foundation’s own programs include HIV prevention in the six Indian states with highest HIV prevalence (and along major trucking routes), a treatment and prevention partnership with the government of Botswana, and support for prevention projects in China focusing on groups at high risk and those already HIV-positive.
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Improving global health systems - Global
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a global partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities aimed at attracting and disbursing resources to prevent and treat these three diseases. To date, the Global fund has provided resources for ART for 2.3 million people, 79 million counselling and testing sessions, and medical services, education and community care for 3.7 million orphans.
Global Health Institute of the World Economic Forum: platform public-private partnerships - Global
The Global Health Initiative aims to improve global health through advocacy, dialogue and partnerships. The initiative, which works with 230 companies and other organisations, acts as a platform for public-private partnerships. Its focus has been on Africa, India and China, and on communicable diseases including HIV/AIDS, as well as TB and Malaria. The initiative is further focused on strengthening health systems.
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative: Public-private research partnership - Global
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative is a global not-for-profit, public-private partnership working to accelerate the development of a vaccine to prevent HIV infection and AIDS. The initiative’s scientific team works with more than 40 academic, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and government institutions to research and develop potential AIDS vaccines and to assess these potential AIDS vaccines through clinical trials and research.
GlaxoSmithKline: Preferential pricing in least developed countries - Global
GlaxoSmithKline has been providing preferential pricing of their ART medications to the developing world since 1997. These are offered at not-for-profit prices to the public sector and not-for-profit organisations – including all of the Least Developed Countries and sub-Saharan Africa. Other recipients include private employers in sub-Saharan Africa who provide care and treatment to uninsured staff, a number of Global Fund supported projects, and projects run by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. In 2008, it shipped 11.4 million preferentially priced Combivir tablets and 58.6 million Epivir tablets to the developing world.
Global Business Coalition: Providing access to treatment - Kenya
In April 2009, the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, along with the Kenyan and United States governments, announced a US$5.4 million initiative, to be jointly implemented by the Kenya-based Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare programme. The programme will provide home-based HIV/AIDS testing and counselling for two million people in Western Kenya over the next two years.
Shell: Developing HIV/AIDS workplace programmes with NGOs - Nigeria
Royal Dutch Shell’s HIV/AIDS workplace programmes are implemented in partnership with relevant local and international NGOs and other organisations. In Nigeria, the Shell Petroleum Development Company executed its workplace programme in collaboration with various stakeholders, including the United Nations, Institute of Human Virology, Planned Parenthood Foundation Nigeria, Population Service International, Family Health International, Society for Family Health and PharmAccess Foundation.
Unilever: HIV/AIDS prevention programmes in the community - Kenya and Tanzania
Unilever companies in Africa have implemented HIV/AIDS prevention programmes in the wider community, including the training of peer health counsellors, educational talks and materials, promotional events, and the distribution of free condoms. In Kenya and Tanzania, where Unilever runs hospitals for workers on its tea estates, the company is working to ensure that HIV/AIDS treatment is integrated with the local public healthcare infrastructure.
H&M: Partnering with the UNFPA to prevent HIV/AIDS among young people
In May 2009, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the international fashion retailer H&M announced a partnership to call attention to the issue of HIV among young people. H&M chose UNFPA as one of the recipients of its 2009 Fashion Against AIDS (FAA2) campaign. As a result, the retailer will give the agency 25% of donations to the campaign to support UNFPA’s HIV prevention projects in Bahrain, Egypt, Oman and Turkey. H&M has launched the FAA2 campaign with the organisation Designers Against AIDS, which aims to raise AIDS awareness using elements from pop culture.
Warner Bros: Delivering prevention messages through video games - East Africa
In partnership with the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Warner Bros. has developed an action-based video game pilot (‘Pamoja Mtaani’ or ‘Together in the Hood’) to deliver HIV prevention messages to young people in East Africa. The game is part of The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation.
Anglo Coal: Implementing a comprehensive HIV/AIDS programme
Anglo Coal’s HIV/AIDS workplace programme follows a five pillar approach, focusing on voluntary counselling and testing; awareness, education and prevention; care, support and treatment; partnerships; and commitment to Anglo American’s six values. The company has taken strong steps to guarantee confidentiality and to raise awareness about its policy of non-discrimination policy. A total of 94 percent of Anglo Coal’s workforce has been tested for HIV.
Chevron: Assisting the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
In 2008, Chevron became the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria’s first-ever Corporate Champion - committing US$30 million over three years to Global Fund activities in a number of countries in Asia and Africa. The company’s physicians (numbering approximately 120) and healthcare professionals (numbering approximately 600) support innovative HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria policies and programs around the world.
Levi Strauss: Extending treatment and care to all employees and their families
Levi Strauss is extending comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment and care - including access to ART, counselling, preventive care, and education - to all of its employees and their families. This extension, made under a 2006 Clinton Global Initiative commitment, makes it the first apparel company to provide such a comprehensive and global programme.
* Taken from: UN Global Compact et al, Human Rights Translated: A Business Reference Guide
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