Not only is Merck contributing to global health through our research and products, we also are a major employer with a responsibility to the health and well-being of every one of our employees around the world. Merck's HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria Workplace Policy ensures that Merck employees and their dependents have access to appropriate disease prevention programs and to a minimum standard of medical care and treatment.

The principles of the policy are to:

• Ensure that all employees and their dependents have access to prevention, care and treatment for HIV and AIDS, TB and malaria
• Ensure that HIV and AIDS, TB and malaria care and treatment programs for all Merck employees and their dependents meet a minimum standard of care, and that prevention programs are locally appropriate
• Promote confidentiality, equal opportunity, non-discrimination and reasonable accommodation of employees, including those with HIV and AIDS, TB or malaria
• Supplement and support local governmental health care responsibilities
• Provide Company-sponsored benefits where local access to appropriate prevention, care and treatment is inadequate

As part of its commitment to stop the spread of HIV and AIDS, Merck has shared its experience combating HIV and AIDS in the workplace with other employers in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean to help them develop their own workplace policies. We also are an active member of the Global Business Coalition on HIV and AIDS, an alliance of more than 200 companies dedicated to using business skills to fight HIV and AIDS.

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The content on this page was last modified on October 24, 2008.