Exxon Mobil's Repsonse to HIV/AIDS in Africa
HIV/AIDS also poses an unprecedented health crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV/AIDS strikes hardest at people in the prime of their lives and leaves behind orphans and elderly dependents. Global institutions and governments are joining to combat this disease. ExxonMobil is actively involved in resource-mobilization strategies and the sharing of best practices with such organizations as the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, the Global Health Initiative Task Force of the World Economic Forum and the Corporate Council on Africa.
ExxonMobil HIV/AIDS Initiatives
- ExxonMobil developed StopAIDS, a company-wide HIV/AIDS workplace program. The StopAIDS Programme builds on efforts already underway in many of our operations and reflects ExxonMobil’s commitment to the health and safety of its employees. The primary aim of the programme is to provide a consistent and effective prevention education message that is based on identified best practices available for local adaptation, as appropriate, by each affiliate operating in Africa.
- In Angola, ExxonMobil support a variety of community-focused HIV/AIDS education and prevention strategies.
- In Chad and Cameroon, the company led campaigns to test villagers for curable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and to provide treatment. ExxonMobil also funded education regarding STDs in general and HIV/AIDS in particular.
- The company supports the Safe Blood for Africa Foundation (Safe Blood) to help countries provide quality blood bank technology to Africa since untested blood accounts for a significant portion safety and health problems.
Key Strategic Health: Management principles
• Emphasis on primary health care initiatives
• Industry cooperation and partnership in strategic planning and implementation
• Focus on strengthening existing resources and fostering local program development and ownership
• Early consultation with host governments and key stakeholders on goals, roles and plans
• Activities based on assessments of local health status and needs, and guided by strategic health plans
• Use of objective measurements to monitor and evaluate results
