Kenyan businesses ignoring AIDS at their own peril: study

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NAIROBI (AFP) — The vast majority of Kenyan firms are ignoring problems caused by AIDS by not developing workplace policies to combat the deadly virus here, where the disease kills more than 500 people a day, according to a survey.

Only 28 percent of companies in Kenya have established guidelines for dealing with HIV/AIDS infected employees, acccording to the survey by audit and business consulting giant PriceWaterHouseCoopers.

"Most companies have not attempted to establish what proportion of their workforce might be infected by HIV/AIDS and those that have attempted to hazard a guess have been overly optimistic about having low HIV/AIDS prevalence among staff," it said.

The survey, entitled "View from the Board: The Business Community's Response to...