CCA's HIV/AIDS Initiative


	The Corporate Council on Africa has joined in the fight to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa by increasing corporate involvement in prevention, care and treatment programs and by helping businesses cope with the impact of the disease.

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CCA Awarded $100,000 Grant to Mobilize Private Sector Response to HIV/AIDS in Four Francophone Countries Press release Pan African Business Coalition (PABC) Launched Coalition seeks greater role for business in AIDS fight Member Survey: Complete this 4 question survey to help us better serve your company	World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Learn more & participate by webcast HIV/AIDS Initiative Newsletter: View the latest issue (September 2005) CCA Member Profiles: CCA members actively addressing HIV/AIDS in the workplace. * Featured Member: Pfizer Inc

BroadReach Healthcare: Using Information Technology to Expand Healthcare Delivery

BroadReach Healthcare, founded in 2002 to increase access to health care around the world, received $4.1 million in 2005 and will receive a similar amount in 2006 from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to implement an innovative large-scale ARV program in South Africa, where up to 13.2 percent of the population is infected with HIV. The U.S. based company is using private-sector efficiency and information technology to expand access to anti-retroviral (ARV) therapy.

In South Africa, BroadReach formed an international joint venture with Cape Town-based Aid for AIDS (AfA), the world’s largest HIV/AIDS disease-management company. The joint venture, called ARVCare, is a treatment-management system for HIV/AIDS programs. The system is allowing BroadReach to help South Africa move ARV drug delivery from a cottage industry – most government and private-sector treatment facilities are single hospitals or clinics that can treat 1,000-3,000 patients – to quality-conserving mass production.

Learn more about ARVCare