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GlaxoSmithKline provides HIV/AIDS healthcare programmes for employees. While arrangements differ depending on local circumstances, all the programmes are based upon a set of principles that reflect current best practice and draw upon Guidelines agreed jointly by the International Organisation of Employers and UNAIDS. Included in the principles are the following:
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we do not discriminate against any employee based on HIV status
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we do not require HIV testing as a prerequisite for employment
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we provide information and training to staff on HIV and AIDS
prevention appropriate to their needs
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we ensure appropriate provision for the care of HIV positive
regular employees, their long term partners and immediate families,
including access to voluntary testing with counselling, and provision
of anti-retroviral medicines
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we maintain medical confidentiality at all times
In addition to educating our workforce some sites such as the GlaxoSmithKline
factory in Nairobi have extended education and support to the local
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