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Know Your Status

South Africa is experiencing some of the worst impacts of HIV and AIDS. More than 5.8 million people are HIV positive with an average prevalence rate of 12 per cent. Twenty per cent of adults between the ages of 20 and 64 are infected. Annually, new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are between 400,000 and 500,000.

For the last seven years, British American Tobacco South Africa has been running an HIV/AIDS programme for its employees and their families which focuses on education, voluntary testing and counselling, and providing care and support to affected employees.

At British American Tobacco we protect and maintain employees’ occupational health as part of a commitment to employees’ physical, mental and social wellbeing.

The programme aims to support this commitment for the health and wellbeing of British American Tobacco South Africa employees and create a much greater awareness of the pandemic, contributing towards removing the stigma attached to HIV and AIDS.

 

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