A presentation on the SMARTWork HIV/AIDS in the workplace program to the Business Exchange on AIDS & Development Group, May 2005

1. It Works – SMARTWork’s Lessons of Engagement with Business, Labor and Government in 6 Countries BEAD - May 25, 2005 De Beers, London Matthew Roberts, Ph.D. SMARTWork Project Director Academy for Educational Development 1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20009 USA Tel. 202/884-8646 Fax. 202/884-8474 Email. mroberts@aed.org

2. AED’s Center on AIDS & Community Health Project Sites

5. Global Impact: Adults & Children Estimated to be Living with HIV as of end 2003 Total: 37.8 (34.6 – 42.3) million (Source: UNAIDS 2004 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic) Western Europe 580 000 [460 000 – 730 000] North Africa & Middle East 480 000 [200 000 – 1.4 million] Sub-Saharan Africa 25.0 million [23.1 – 27.9 million] Eastern Europe & Central Asia 1.3 million [860 000 – 1.9 million] South & South-East Asia 6.5 million [4.1 – 9.6 million] Oceania 32 000 [21 000 – 46 000] North America 1.0 million [520 000 – 1.6 million] Caribbean 430 000 [270 000 – 760 000] Latin America 1.6 million [1.2 – 2.1 million] East Asia 900 000 [450 000 – 1.5 million]