Just a few months shy of its third birthday, the Guyana Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, (GBCHA) has come to symbolize the acknowledgement of the country’s private sector that corporate board rooms and business houses cannot shut out HIV/AIDS. As the Coalition continues to increase its reach and impact there are encouraging signs of growth.
Long prior to 2008 the state-run health sector had produced at least two national plans mapping out a strategy for responding to the disease. A National AIDS Programme Secre-tariat (NAPS) was established while generous multilateral