South African companies fighting AIDS

In South Africa, where it is estimated more than one in nine people have HIV/AIDS, and where the government is being criticized for reacting slowly to the epidemic, corporations are picking up the slack in terms of education. Just one recent example: a new board game created by Volkswagen of South Africa in which children age 11-13 learn about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and pregnancy. “The game is very similar to Trivial Pursuit … but pertinent to that age group, without being pornographic,” says the head of health services at VWSA.