Air Liquide Ghana Limited launched its HIV/AIDS workplace policy on Saturday 10th July 2010. The objective for launching the policy is to reduce workplace HIV-related stigma and discrimination. The policy is also expected to create awareness and promote education on HIV/AIDS among the organization’s employees and their families.
Launching the document, the Managing Director of the company, Mr. Adou Kuoame Ano, said the policy was a commitment to ensure that its employees and their families were well educated on the effect of the pandemic on productivity. He added that the seriousness of the menace can be seen by taking a look at the devastating impact on some African countries and therefore the need to create a supportive environment for the fight against HIV & AIDS. He urged the employees to be committed to the policy to enable it achieve its overall objectives of prevention of new infections as well as stigma and discrimination reduction among the workers.
The Programme Director of the Ghana Business Coalition Against HIV/AIDS, Dr Derek Aryee said the complex nature of the pandemic demands a comprehensive policy that addresses care, treatment and support, positive behavior change, stigma and discrimination. He commended Air Liquide Ghana for the initiative taken to protect and educate their employees and families on the devastating impact of the HIV & AIDS.
About Air Liquide Ghana
AIR LIQUIDE Ghana was established in 1956 and currently has a staff strength of 68. With presence in all the major cities and towns in Ghana, supported by a network of over 40 distributors, Air Liquide Ghana Limited has since its establishment played a key role in the socio-economic development of Ghana. From very modest beginnings in Awutu in the Central Region of Ghana, the company has grown from strength to strength and constantly re-aligning itself in line with developmental trends in Ghana.
Air Liquide Ghana has since 2006 also implemented the Air Liquide Industrial Management System (IMS) which aims at ensuring operational safety, reliability and efficiency. The IMS project has the dual objectives of ensuring that employees have the requisite skills for their jobs and that operational procedures are implemented and followed.
The organization provides a wide range of products and services which falls under the following categories: Industrial gas, gas equipment, medical consumables, welding and cutting, hygiene.
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