Subject: AIDS Education Program Created for the Workplace
Date: Published: 12/1/92 (32 lines)
Source: Wall Street Journal. Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc.

    AIDS Education Program
    Created for the Workplace

    ATLANTA -- In a campaign that unites business and government, the
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scheduled today to
 start a major education program in the workplace to help prevent the
 spread of the AIDS virus.
    Called "Business Responds to AIDS," the project is a companion to
 the CDC's public-service program, "America Responds to AIDS," begun
 in 1987.  The new campaign is an attempt to provide a national
 clearinghouse for information and programs that can be used in the
 workplace to combat the human immunodeficiency virus.
    About 50 large companies -- including Coca-Cola Co., Polaroid
 Corp. and Levi Strauss & Co. -- are leading partners in the new
 effort.  Groups such as the National Leadership Coalition on AIDS are
 also involved, as are insurance groups and the American Red Cross,
 which will help direct inquiries from businesses.
    A key part of the program is a new research center that will act
 as a clearinghouse for information about AIDS and the workplace.
 Companies that approach the CDC seeking help in establishing a
 formal AIDS policy for workers will be referred to, say, five or six
 local contacts, who, in turn, can outline specific programs for
 managers, and help provide materials for workers.

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