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CII conference on HIV-AIDS focuses on corporate funding to increase scale of programmes [India]
... the CII [HIV/AIDS] conference... [was] organised...in association with Indian Business Trust for HIV/AIDS (IBT)...[B]usinesses can lend support to the socio-economic needs of victims. They can also launch screening facilities for their workers, put in place an in-house policy of non-discrimination, establish links with care supporters, replicate ARTs in PPP model...or even donate...for such centres...[T]ravel costs and loss of wages for the day were major deterrents to patients visiting ART Centres...R K Mishra, Regional Director, Commonwealth Youth Program Asia suggested that the CII map corporate engagement in AIDS support across the northern region and post it on its website...Ambuja Cement...has set up a paper recycling unit which employs Special workers, including the HIV/AIDS infected...The recycled paper this unit produces is in use at Panjab University...[refers also to CII-ACC Ltd]