Publications

2013

1. 

   Rising to the Challenge: the ILO's Response to HIV and AIDS in Africa - Cooperation Results Overview 2005-2013

   01 February 2013

   This publication provides an overview of the ILO's contribution to the HIV response in Africa since 2005 and provides highlights of the ILO strategy to scale up and accelerate the HIV response in the future.

2012

1. 

   ILO/AIDS Update - October 2012

   30 October 2012

2. 

   Manual for Training Trainers of Enterprises

   29 October 2012

   This training manual is aimed at enterprises to implement HIV prevention programmes for their employees and their family members. This tool, of assistance to trainers to conduct programmes to educate their co- workers and also to train peer educators, provides guidelines on developing Workplace HIV/AIDS policies and programmes and will also help the management and workers to develop a supportive environment conducive to behaviour change and protection from HIV.

3. 

   Good Practices in Labour Inspection on HIV and AIDS

   12 October 2012

   This publication is a set of good practices on labour inspection with respect to HIV and AIDS which was prepared jointly by the LAB/ADMIN and the ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work (ILO/AIDS). It is a tool for labour inspectors, workers and employers to improve their understanding about the linkages between labour inspection and HIV and AIDS.

4. 

   Pioneering Partnership Responds to HIV/AIDS in the World of Work

   11 October 2012

   This article deals with the joint action of the ILO, Sierra Rutile and NAS to evaluate Sierra Rutile’s HIV/AIDS programme.

5. 

   Knowledge, attitudes and practices on HIV and AIDS among manufacturing industry workers in Nicaragua

   01 October 2012

   A baseline study was conducted in 2010, by the ILO and supported by the OPEC for OFID, to assess the vulnerabilities, knowledge, attitudes and practices associated with HIV and AIDS among workers of the manufacturing industry.

6. 

   Honduras: A Living Memory - Policies and Programs on HIV and AIDS for the World of Work in Honduras

   01 October 2012

   This technical cooperation project carried out by the ILO reached achievements such as a national HIV/AIDS workplace policy, the promotion of the ILO Recommendation on HIV and AIDS, 2010 (No. 200), strengthening technical capacities to tackle HIV at the workplace and evidence-based data production.

7. 

   Knowledge, attitudes and practices on HIV and AIDS among manufacturing industry workers in Honduras

   01 October 2012

   This study was conducted by the ILO and the UNAH-VS, in partnership with UNAIDS, the Honduran Manufacturers Association and ASONAPVSIDAH. The objective is to identify the level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices relative to HIV and AIDS among the workers of six companies in the manufacturing industry located in Villanueva and Choloma of the Cortés Region.

8. 

   Knowledge, attitudes and practices on HIV and AIDS among national port authority and dock workers in Honduras

   01 October 2012

   This study was conducted by the ILO, with the support of the OFID, in collaboration with UNAH-VS, UNAIDS, ENP, SITRAENP, and ASONAPVSIDAH. The objective is to ascertain the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding HIV and AIDS among the workforce of the National Port Authority (ENP), and the dock workers employed at Puerto Cortés.

9. 

   Cooperative Enterprises Build A Better World

   01 August 2012

   This publication highlights COOPAFRICA’s contribution to the revival of African cooperative enterprises and their roles in fostering equity, empowerment, decent work, and secure livelihoods, including reducing members’ vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, empowering women and men to make healthy choices, and supporting the development of small businesses by HIV-positive women and men.

10. 

    HIV prevention, treatment and care in prisons and other closed settings: a comprehensive package of interventions

    26 July 2012

    This policy brief by UNODC, ILO and UNDP was launched at the Washington XIX International AIDS Conference, to underline the urgency of developing national AIDS responses that include people in prisons.

11. 

    Evidence Brief on Stigma and Discrimination at Work: Findings from the PLHIV Stigma Index

    01 July 2012

    This evidence brief, prepared by the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), with support from the ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the world of work (ILO/AIDS), provides a snapshot of the extent and impact of HIV-related stigma and discrimination in the workplace. The brief is based on findings from the PLHIV Stigma Index in nine countries across the globe.

12. 

    Combination Prevention in action: Making a difference in Mozambique

    05 June 2012

    As UNAIDS meets to discuss the importance of combination prevention, the ILO’s HIV/AIDS programme in Mozambique shows how the workplace can engage people at all levels making valuable contributions to achieve national objectives.

13. 

    HIV and AIDS: Guide for tourism sector

    01 June 2012

    The present Guide is a compilation of a range of resources – including tools and information – that can be used by the different players in the tourism sector to help slow the spread of the AIDS virus. This Guide will also give effect to the provisions of Recommendation No. 200, recalling the specific and important role of employers’ and workers’ organizations in promoting and supporting sectoral, national and international efforts in response to HIV and AIDS and tuberculosis (TB).

14. 

    ILO Jakarta newsletter - Protecting Workers and the World of Business from HIV and AIDS

    03 May 2012

    The government, businesses and workers pledged to promote HIV and AIDS awareness in the workplace in a bid to tackle the high prevalence of the disease among workers.

15. 

    Corporate brochure on ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work

    15 March 2012

    Prevent HIV, Protect Human Rights at Work

2011

1. 

   Report and analysis of the survey: "A truck driver's life: working conditions and sexual health" - HIV and long-distance transport in Paraguay

   01 December 2011

   The present survey, entitled “A truck driver’s life: Working conditions and sexual health”, in which 279 truck (goods transport) drivers and 58 long-distance (passenger transport) drivers participated, was conducted in seven cities throughout Paraguay during the months of April and May 2010.

2. 

   Prevent HIV, Protect Human Rights at Work in the Caribbean

   01 December 2011

   The ILO is engaging the workforce in the Caribbean in action aimed at getting to zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths. The ILO supports the tripartite partners - governments, employers' and workers' organizations and their members - as well as Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) to establish human rights frameworks for the workplace, to enhance capacity to implement HIV workplace responses and to reduce occupational risk of HIV transmission.

3. 

   Prevent HIV, Protect Human Rights at Work in Africa

   10 October 2011

   Tailoring its response to HIV/AIDS to country-specific needs, the ILO in Africa aims to protect human rights at work, and to strengthen HIV prevention, social protection programmes and employment opportunities, focusing on workers who are most at risk in key economic sectors in the formal as well as the informal economy.

4. 

   Guide to mainstreaming gender in workplace responses to HIV and AIDS

   01 October 2011

   This tool is intended to provide guidance on mainstreaming gender in world of work-related initiatives addressing HIV. It is designed for a wide range of stakeholders, especially ILO constituents – governments, and employers' and workers' organizations – as well as ILO staff and partners.