The United Nations HIV and AIDS program (ONUSIDA), in association with Enlaces and Medios, have joined efforts to carry out a campaign for the prevention of this syndrome through a “Basic Information on HIV and AIDS” booklet.  This booklet is being distributed throughout schools, universities, foundations and private entities working on the subject.  Likewise, several companies in the country are joining this campaign in looking to multiply the message among their employees.

The idea of getting these organizations to participate in the campaign has turned out to be an excellent strategy if one takes into consideration that a good part of the Colombian population are unaware of their HIV carriers conditions and need to receive full information before they admit the fact.

We are pleased that at present 19 companies have registered in our campaign.  Among others:  Almacenes Éxito, Mineros S.A., Industrias Landers, Nestlé de Colombia, Colseguros, Seguros Bolívar, Direct TV, Industrias HACEB, TCC, Punto Blanco, Familia Sancela, Cooperativa de Profesores de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Suramericana de Seguros, Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá, Cerrejón, Cerromatoso, Edatel, Corficolombiana S.A., Instituto IDEA de Medellín.

The short term objective for spreading this booklet is to bind up more business people in this social responsibility effort.