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Article

1 Jun 2007

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Reuters

Swaziland: New HIV/AIDS support programme unveiled for truckers

[A] comprehensive set of initiatives [are] to be put in place to test, counsel and treat HIV-positive transportation workers after studies showed "truckers...have an HIV infection rate double that of the general population," Kkhosi Hlatshwayo, coordinator of the [Federation of Swaziland Employers] Business Council HIV/AIDS initiative, said...Hlatshwayo [said] the high incident of HIV/AIDS among truckers was a consequence of road freight companies taking the disease lightly, unlike their counterparts in manufacturing and retail. "Trucking companies have been the least responsive to HIV/AIDS. Few companies have AIDS policies in place..."