2007
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2007.13.1.99
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A Successful Workplace Program for Voluntary Counseling and Testing and Treatment of HIV/AIDS at Heineken, Rwanda

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“…Recent studies indicate that community‐based testing strategies can reach > 90% testing coverage and men with undiagnosed HIV can be reached with special community‐based efforts . Some outreach to men has succeeded through door‐to‐door HTS , home‐based couples testing , workplace programmes , mobile testing services , social network interventions and incentives to test , but existing implementation has not been extensive. WHO recommendations on HIV self‐testing (HIVST) and partner notification in 2016 , offer two new approaches to reach men.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recent studies indicate that community‐based testing strategies can reach > 90% testing coverage and men with undiagnosed HIV can be reached with special community‐based efforts . Some outreach to men has succeeded through door‐to‐door HTS , home‐based couples testing , workplace programmes , mobile testing services , social network interventions and incentives to test , but existing implementation has not been extensive. WHO recommendations on HIV self‐testing (HIVST) and partner notification in 2016 , offer two new approaches to reach men.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As already described in detail before (Feeley, Collier, Richards, Van der Borght, & Rinke de Wit, 2007), the uptake of VCT increased sharply in the two Rwandan sites (Quarter 5), after the testimony given by an HIV-infected police woman, who was living evidence to many employees and spouses that one could be infected by HIV but still lead a normal life (Figure 2d). …”
Section: Peaks Of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (Vct) Uptake In Sementioning
confidence: 64%
“…Heineken, qui a créé un programme interne au sein de sa filiale rwandaise Bralirwa en 2001, fait partie des entreprises dotées de l'expérience la plus longue en la matière (Feeley et al, 2007) 4 . Dans l'année qui a suivi le démarrage du programme, la direction de Bralirwa a réussi à convaincre 72 pour cent de ses salariés et 34 pour cent de leurs conjoints de se soumettre volontairement à un dépistage du VIH.…”
Section: Les Programmes De Lutte Contre Le Vih Et Le Sida Mis En Placunclassified
“…Heineken offre un traitement antirétroviral hautement actif à tous ceux dont le nombre de CD4 7 est inférieur au seuil en deçà duquel l'OMS recommande l'administration d'un traitement. Une fois que le traitement a démarré, les salariés conservent le droit d'en bénéficier jusqu'à la fin de leurs jours (Feeley et al, 2007, p. 99). Le programme prévoit également un suivi de l'observance des protocoles thérapeutiques, des conseils pour aider à vivre avec le VIH ou le sida et la distribution de préservatifs.…”
Section: Les Programmes De Lutte Contre Le Vih Et Le Sida Mis En Placunclassified
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