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The Cambodia Business Coalition on AIDS (CBCA) was established and launched on June 27 2007, by H.E. Prak Chanta, the Cambodian Secretary of State from the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. CBCA is part of the Asia Pacific Business Coalition on AIDS network, which is assisting the region's private sector respond to the HIV epidemic.

CBCA is led by Executive Director Mr. Teh Sing, a prominent business man, who was the CEO of the Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Associations. Teh Sing has been an advocate for the Cambodian private sector response to HIV and AIDS since 2002 and has represented the private sector at the strategic level of Cambodia's national HIV response. Teh Sing represented the private sector as a board member for the Workplace HIV and AIDS Education Programs initiated by the United States Department of Labour (USDOL) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The formation of CBCA has supported the continuation of USDOL/ ILO workplace HIV and AIDS education programs. A key achievements of the USDOL/ILO program was the introduction of the Ministerial Decree 086 in 2006, which states that all business enterprises with eight workers or more must establish an internal HIV and AIDS working group or committee.

CBCA's core business is to support company compliance with Decree 086 by assisting businesses establish their HIV committees, and support the committees implement their workplace HIV programs. The company HIV programs provide employees with HIV prevention education and training, information about referrals to services such as voluntary counselling and testing