HIV Testing Program Focuses On South African Truck Drivers

Health24: Putting the brakes on HIV
“A road safety and wellness campaign, by Adcock Ingram, Scania truck manufacturer, Swedish Workplace HIV/AIDS Programme (SWHAP) and Shell One Stop petrol stations focused on the health of truck drivers over December. HIV, cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure and BMI testing were top of the agenda at Shell Petrol Stations in Midrand, Bloemfontein, Middelburg, Polokwane and Harrismith. … The hugely successful campaign, which tested 660 truck drivers over the month of December alone, is set to take place again during April” (2/5).

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