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/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/AIDS, TB and malaria
• Ensure that HIV/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/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/AIDS, Merck has shared its experience combating HIV/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/AIDS, an alliance of more than 200 companies dedicated to using business skills to fight HIV/AIDS.

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