The Impact Of Hivaids On Labor Productivity Akaki Fibre Products Factory Akaki Ethiopia

HIV/AIDS has become a full-blown development crisis affecting all sectors of therneconomy. The industrial sector is one of the severely hit sectors in Africa. AIDSrelatedrnillnesses and deaths of employees affect an enterprise by both decreasingrnproduction (e.g., absenteeism, decrease of production while at work) and increasingrnexpenditures (e.g., health care costs, burial fees and training and recruitment ofrnreplacement employees).rnThis is a report of a study that attempted to estimate the changes in worker’s outputrnand attendance associated with advancing HIV infection, and to determine directrncosts incurred by a fibre products factory due to illness and death related tornHIV/AIDS.rnThe study subjects were factory workers enrolled in a cohort study of HIV incidencernand progression in Akaki since February 1997. Laboratory data (HIV serologicalrnstatus, CD4, viral load) at enrolment were matched with factory records on individualrnworker’s productivity (as measured by incentive payments) and sick leaves takenrnduring the study period.rnAmong a total of 797 workers in job category with incentive payment, 676rnparticipants were included for the study. Of these, 86 (12.7%) were HIV infected withrna mean age of 36 years. The mean incentive earnings have no significant differencernbetween HIV positives and negatives at baseline (in 1997). However, in thernfollowing years (1998,1999 and 2000) the incentive earnings of HIV positives werernsignificantly lower than the incentive earnings of HIV negatives.rnIn 2000 HIV infected workers earned significantly less incentive (mean = 51.77 Eth.rnBirr) than those who are not infected (mean =79.77 Eth. Birr). In addition the meanrnsick leave days per year were significantly greater in HIV positives than HIVrnnegatives both at baseline and after four years. HIV positives were given 64% andrn8rn81% more sick leaves than HIV negatives in 1997 and 2000 respectively. Inrnconclusion, this study has shown that there is a direct negative impact of HIVrninfection on the productivity of factory workers.

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