RE: South African BE Office?

["Eric Benson" <ebenson@xxxxxxxx>]

> Wow, it's not a third world country. Decent private
> hospitals do screen.

Adult HIV infection rates:
SA	1997		12.91%
SA	1999		19.94%
World 1999		1.07%
SubSah 1999		8.57%

"Hospitals report large numbers of HIV/AIDS patients.  In Durban, 40 percent
of adult inpatients at King Edward VII Hospital in 1997 were admitted with
HIV/AIDS-related conditions."

"Military: According to figures from preliminary HIV testing conducted by
the South African National Defense Force, 60 to 70 percent of the force may
be infected with HIV.  At a military police base in northern KwaZulu Natal,
90 percent of the troops were infected."

http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/international/africa/2098.410f.html

I'd say it *should* be a concern for any organization planning to operate in
the area.

- Eric