Presentation to the KZN Provincial Council

on AIDS

07 March 2012

Vision

� To mobilise and empower South African Business to take effective

action on HIV/AIDS in the workplace and beyond.

VISION AND

MISSION

Mission

� SABCOHA seeks to coordinate efforts to mitigate the impact of HIV

and AIDS on sustained profitability and economic growth.

BACKGROUND

� SABCOHA is a not-for-profit, member organisation.

� Member of BUSA.

� Over 200 members, of which 50 are corporate members.

�Funding from members as well as donors.

�Born out of Business Leadership SA.

�Strong relationship with industry bodies, chambers of commerce.

� Policy and lobbying:

� Ensuring Business is part of a nationally; coordinated response

to HIV

� Represent business at SANAC and participate in NEDLAC

� Co-ordinate businesses provincially.

� Empowering Business in the fight against HIV.

� Managing knowledge and M&E.

Strategic Areas

for Delivery

� Purpose

� To develop & implement a provincially relevant sector-specific

strategic plan.

� To defines business sectors contribution to NSP & PSP and

relevant to district needs.

� To strengthen cooperation & partnerships with other sectors

to improve service delivery.

Provincial

Systems

Strengthening

7 provincial branches

7 provincial governance structures

7 provincial business sector strategies

Created out of:

Broad province-wide stakeholder consultation

Provincial business sector conferences

� To facilitate implementation and mobilize commitment for

Business Strategies

� 12 – 18 months to set up

PSS Activities

�Provincial Strategies

PROVINCIAL

STRENGTHENING

SYSTEM

�Northern Cape – adopted May 2009

�Western Cape – adopted March 2011

�5 additional provinces completed and aligned to PSP’s November

2011.

�Strategies to be published by March 2012.

KwaZulu Natal

Marc Matthews

Pantech (Pty) Ltd

Danie Viljoen

Unilever

Honey Allee

IMA Wellness

Programme

Nomathamsanqa Cele

Nampak

Nomhle Sikhosana

Dano Textile

Louise Coetzee

Canvas and Tents

Ethel Zandile Myeni

BroadReach Healthcare

Xoliswa Makhaye

Umgeni Water

• The interventions that generated the highest number of votes were as follows:

– Medical male circumcision and the interface with traditional circumcision

– Target alcohol abuse – Prevention of TB and HIV in the workplace– National peer educator support network – Involve unions– Annual testing and screening– SETA funding for capacitating wellness

COMPANY LEVEL

INTERVENTIONS

• Sectoral interventions that generated the highest number of votes were as follows:

– Mobilise business to participate: Visible leadership from Board's and Executive management insisting on effective communication across departments resulting in integrated, multi-

disciplinary workplace

– Focus on SMMEs: Develop a framework of wellness programmes based on the size of the SMME and the annual profit. Point them in the direction of where to access assistance.

– Communication and sector coordination: Provide contemporary information, Provincial strategies ensure coordination of the business sector and achieve alignment across sectors,

business representatives to sit on district and provincial aids councils, HIV & TB resources portal on the

internet

– Sectoral reporting tool: Lead by example – report. M&E should ideally include unique patient identifiers based on a national master index for effective referral and monitoring. Data to be collected

at company level and reported at industry and district level.

– Resource Mobilisation: both from international partners and private sector for a coordination mechanism at a sectoral level . SABCOHA uniquely positioned to effect this

SECTORAL

INTERVENTIONS

• Multi-sectoral interventions that generated the highest number of votes were as follows:

– Mitigation on trucking corridors: Expand prevention and ART services on trucking routes to include commercial sex workers, neighbouring communities and

evaluate other feasible geographical sites

– Condom distribution in high traffic public areas: Condom dispensers or vending machines placed outside strategic points for increased access

– Private facilities, public drugs: Increase the scope of workplace and occupational health services to include distribution of chronic medicines supplied by

government and treatment management of chronic illnesses

MULTI SECTORAL

INTERVENTIONS

� BizAIDS

� Supply Chain Development

� Project Promote

� Peer education

� Trucking Wellness

� TIP Programme

� World Cup 2010

EMPOWERING

BUSINESS

� Monitoring and Evaluation

� Development of a Private Sector M&E unit

� Communication

� Strengthen communication within the Private Sector and with

social partners.

� Integration and Broadening Mandate

� Wellness, health and NHI

� Strengthening of partnerships

� PPP’s

FUTURE AREAS

OF FOCUS

SABCOHA – Mobilising and empowering

business in the response to HIV and

AIDS

THANK YOU