APBCA

Mongolian business focussed on HIV/AIDS risk

Mongolia’s economic transformation thanks to its mineral wealth has led to rapid development of new infrastructure and an influx of over one million migrant workers in the mining and transport sectors.

Yet this expansion has highlighted the spread of HIV/AIDS and STIs and the need to … Read More

Myanmar: 10 years on, Dr Aye retires

After 10 years managing the Myanmar Business Coalition on AIDS, MBCA’s Executive Director Dr Khin Aye Aye has retired.

Dr Aye was Myanmar BCA’s first Executive Director after it was established by businessman Martin Pun in 2002.  The business coalition was modelled closely on Thailand’s BCA … Read More

HIV/AIDS workplace training begins in Nepal

Nepal’s first HIV/AIDS workplace training program was held this month in Kathmandu and surrounds for managers and staff from Everest Insurance, Federation of Handicraft Associations, and sherpas from the Pasang Llamu Mountaineering Foundation.  

 The training program follows the launch of Nepal’s Business Coalition on AIDS … Read More

New Web page: The BCA Network

APBCA is pleased to launch a new menu on the APBCA website with information that connects our views directly to our BCA network.   There are eleven business coalitions in the Asia Pacific region.  The most recent BCA to launch was the Business … Read More

Sri Lanka Business Community: Proudly Passing on HIV Awareness

Members of Sri Lanka’s business community met recently to hold a key annual HIV awareness raising ceremony ensuring the business community remains a central part of Sri Lanka’s HIV education and prevention strategy.

The “Pass on Awareness, Not HIV” campaign is organised by the Lanka Business … Read More