H.B. ALLEE 26TH OCTOBER 2012

Good morning I greet you in the name of God most

gracious, most merciful. Asalaamualikum. Peace be

upon you and your families.

Thank you for being here on this auspicious occasion

I humbly stand here on behalf of the KZN BOG.

Special thanks to Brad Mears and Penny Dlamini and

their team for where we are today.

2011 – KZN – review process to establish progress on KZN HAST response.

Followed by planning for 2012-2016 PSP.

Here business input was required and SABCOHA participated on behalf of business.

October 2011 SABCOHA convened a business sector conference on HIV, AIDS, STI, TB and wellness.

The KZN Premier and Senior GOVT officials and business sector leaders deliberated.

Here priority interventions voted upon for the business sector strategic plan.

A board of governors elected.

Their role to represent business sector at multisectoral

structures at district and provincial levels.

Also to play an oversight role in ensuring buy-in and adoption

of strategy by KZN businesses.

Hold regular meetings and keep in contact with National body

and other provincial BOG’s.

Ensure transference of knowledge including the three zero

visions

This is contained in PSP on HIV and AIDS 2012-2016.

ZERO NEW HIV AND TB INFECTIONS. ZERO NEW INFECTIONS DUE TO

VERTICAL TRANSMISSION. ZERO DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH

HIV AND TB ZERO DISCRIMINATION ASSOCIATED

WITH HIV AND TB.

Our strategy is based on these goals.1. Prevention of HIV, STIs and TB 2. Sustaining health and wellness 3. Protection of human rights4. Reducing structural vulnerability5. Coordinating, monitoring and evaluation. While you look at these do not ever forget theenormous challenges, dynamics, health care

infrastructure and numerous perspectives including the impact on the business sector.

Held in August 2012 in Durban.New PROV. Strategic plan and reporting

tools reviewed. They produced 10 priority interventions

to be promoted in the business sector. These generated by rating interventions

based on priority and probability of implementations'.

SABCOHA’S CEO- Brad Mears-led the team, made proposals, obtained funding amongst the million things thrust upon him.

Penny Dlamini strategic partnerships manager who is responsible for all stakeholder engagement and process management.

She also wrote the plan with supporting data management to assist companies on implementing company level interventions.

They had many dedicated support staff.

1. Company level interventions – 18 interventions – companies responsible for implementation and reporting.

2. Sectoral level intervention- 5 activities that SABCOHA will take responsibility for leadership and implementation.

3. Multi-sectoral interventions – 3 activities the business sector and SABCOHA committed to participate in.

KZN has a population of 10 ,819, 130 5.3 million living in poverty. General HIV prevalence 15.8% 16 ,22 ,870 people living with HIV. TB incidence 1096 per 100 000 presently. SABCOHA is now 10 years old and the response by the world

to HIV/AIDS is 30 years old. The courage and tenacity of the SABCOHA team and the

BOG’s under the leadership of Brad Mears is commendable.

Many of us are feeling fatigued. We have to be pragmatic and continually re-evaluate the impact of our efforts to respond to this scourge.

We all need respite, renewed energy and hope in our youth together with God’s grace.

We can not do this alone. Together with the KZN Board of Governors I appeal to you to

please adopt as many interventions as possible from our strategy and please help save our next generation from whom we have borrowed this earth!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you