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On the Job with HIV (Washington Post)
December 13, 2006

Life at Work
On the Job With HIV
Many Employers Still Lack Policies On AIDS Prevention and Care

By Amy Joyce
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 10, 2006; Page F02

Two weeks after she started to work at Catholic Relief Services in 2004, Jennifer Munthali decided to tell her boss that she was HIV positive.

"I barely knew my supervisor," said Munthali, who was the program manager for AIDS relief in Zambia. "It was indeed a scary time. Even though I was at a higher management level, I was afraid I was going to lose my job."

Her manager handled the news well. But neither he nor Munthali was sure what CRS's policy was on HIV treatment. She didn't know if her insurance at the Baltimore organization would cover her. And she didn't know what policy -- if any -- CRS had on HIV and AIDS treatment and support.


Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/09/AR2006120900022.html

 

 

 

 

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