Country profile
Guyana
Brief country overview
Region: Americas
Capital: Georgetown
Surface area (square kms): 214,969
Population in 2005 (thousands): 751
Population density (per square km): 3
Languages: English, Hindi, Urdu
Currency: Dollar
GDP in 2003 (US$ constant 2000, million): 724
GDP per capita in 2003 (US$ constant 2000): 942
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Source of information: the World Population Prospects: the 2004 Revision; the United Nations Population Division online database; the United Nations Cartographic Section Maps and Geographic Information Resources; the World Bank.
Updated 1 September 2005.
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General information on HIV and AIDS
Working age population and labour force by age group, 2005
|
10-14 years |
15-64 years |
65+ years |
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Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
| Population (thousands) |
36 |
36 |
242 |
262 |
16 |
23 |
| Labour force (LF) (thousands) |
0 |
0 |
201 |
115 |
5 |
1 |
| Activity rate (%) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
82.8 |
44.0 |
31.5 |
4.0 |
AIDS impact, 2003 or 2005
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0-14 years |
15-49 years |
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Men |
Women |
| HIV prevalence rate (2003) (%) |
na |
2.5 |
| Number of people living with HIV (2003) (thousands) |
1 |
5 |
6 |
| Number of persons 15-64 in the LF who are HIV positive (2003) (thousands) |
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8 |
| Total cumulated lost LF by 2005 (thousands) |
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4 |
2 |
| Proportion of total 2005 LF lost (per cent) |
2.0 |
| AIDS deaths in 2005 of working-age men and women (thousands) |
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0.6 |
0.6 |
HIV prevalence
World of work information
Legislation relating to HIV/AIDS and the world of work
The Draft Regulation - the Occupational Safety & Health (HIV and AIDS) Regulations, 2001 (available soon)- is expected to be reviewed by the National Committee on Health and safety (NACOSH), a tripartite group that is comprised of representatives from the Ministry of Labour, Employers' and Workers' Organizations and other stakeholders and then sent to Parliament.
Policy framework
- Draft national policy: The Guyana Human Rights Association, National AIDS Committee and the National AIDS Programme Secretariat lead the response in the formulation of the National Policy on HIV/AIDS. The policy was adopted by Parliament in May 1998 and might become legislation in the future. Furthermore, there is a draft National Tripartite Policy on HIV/AIDS and the world of work.
- Employers' organization policy statements: no employers' organization currently has a policy, guidelines or a statement on HIV/AIDS. However, the Consultative Association of Guyanese Industry (CAGI) has recently formed a sub-committee with the mandate to formulate the Association's Draft Policy and Plan of Action.
- Workers' organization policy statements: the Guyana Trades Union Congress Policy and Plan of Action (available soon) was formulated in September 2004 with support from the ILO/USDOL International HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Programme Project and the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA), a NGO. It was adopted by the 1st Triennial Congress of the GTUC in October 2004..
Workplace policies and programmes
ILO technical cooperation
Resources
General policy and programme guidance
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