DESPITE EFFORTS to reduce stigma and discrimination attached to HIV/AIDS, a recent survey has revealed that 13 per cent of employers would decline to hire an HIV-positive individual.

Nearly two dozen of the largest international corporations operating in Mexico on Wednesday unveiled their policies aimed at eliminating HIV/AIDS-related discrimination in the workplace.

Fighting AIDS discrimination is good for business, says ARP at event featuring U.S. Ambassador John Danilovich.

Eleven U.S. companies and one British firm operating in Mexico launched Tues! day the National Business Council on AIDS, a project aimed at eradicating HIV/AIDS-related discrimination in the Mexican workplace. Employing the slogan "Good for People, Good for Business," the council is supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development and both U.S. and Mexican AIDS activist groups.

The Los Angeles-based AIDS Responsibility Project on Tuesday released a survey on corporate hiring practices as the first stage of a campaign aimed to reduce HIV discrimination in the Mexican workplace.

A drug manufacturer in a country that does not recognize drug patents, has pioneered a new concept. The Indian-based pharmaceutical firm Cipla has now secured a patent& on products already under patent.