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Eastern Europe and Central Asia AIDS Conference

On 28-30 October 2009 the Third regional Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference took place in Moscow. More than 2500 delegates from all CIS countries as well as from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and many other countries took part in the...

Trainers come to enterprises of Kaliningrad

On September 15-17 an educational seminar for trainers on the prevention of stigma and discrimination at workplace was held in Kaliningrad under support of the Immunopathology Center. The event was organized within the framework of the ILO project...

ILO presents proven strategies for the prevention of HIV/AIDS in the world of work

HIV/AIDS project dissemination workshop, New Delhi 9-11 September 2009

Workplace programmes to target clients of sex workers: the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)

Men who buy sex from women are the largest population group at risk of contracting HIV, outnumbering injecting drug users and men who have sex with men in Asia and the Pacific region. To highlight the need for increased coverage of interventions for...

The Impact of Financial Crisis on Labour Migration and HIV: the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)

During economic crises migrant workers are often the most vulnerable group of workers as they have the most insecure terms of employment. As it turns out, the current global economic crisis is no different, as migrant workers of various...

Cost and Benefit Ratio in Implementing HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme in Company: the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the...

What is the potential loss for companies if they do not implement HIV/AIDS workplace programmes? What is the benefit for a private sector company to invest in HIV prevention, care and support?

Strengthening the response to HIV/AIDS among Mobile and Migrant Workers: Global Partnership in the Maritime Sector: the 9th International...

Strengthening the response to HIV/AIDS among Mobile and Migrant Workers: Global Partnership in the Maritime Sector

The Plight of a Migrant Worker with HIV/AIDS: the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)

Marites Cardines is a former migrant worker from the Philippines. As a migrant worker her dream was simple; to help her family get out of poverty. She started working as a migrant domestic worker in Qatar in 1992 when she was only 17 years old. But...

The 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)

ILO says significant steps undertaken for the development of a new international human rights instrument on HIV/AIDS

The first draft text of an international labour standard in the form of a Recommendation on HIV/AIDS and the world of work has been released by the ILO. Based on the discussions held at the International Labour Conference in Geneva this June, the...

ILO says significant steps undertaken towards development of a new international human rights instrument on HIV/AIDS: 9th International...

Governments, in consultation with employers’ and workers’ organizations, are to send their comments on the first draft text of an international labour standard in the form of a recommendation on HIV/AIDS and the world of work to the ILO by November...

Q&A with Ms Sachiko Yamamoto: the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)

The 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) is being held from 9 to 13 August 2009 in Bali, Indonesia. Ms Sachiko Yamamoto, ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, explains the impact of the ILO’s activities on HIV...

ILO activities at the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, ICAAP 2009, 9-13 August 2009, Bali, Indonesia

ILO activities at the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, ICAAP 2009, 9-13 August 2009, Bali, Indonesia

ILO to address workers’ vulnerabilities to HIV in Asia and the Pacific: 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)

The ILO is to host a series of events at the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), which opens this Sunday, 9 August, in Bali, Indonesia.

98th International Labour Conference

HIV/AIDS: Discussions on a new labour standard begin at ILO conference

This week, governments, workers and employers representing the ILO's 183 member States begin a two-year process during which they will discuss a ground-breaking draft labour standard on HIV/AIDS in the world of work. ILO Online asked ILO/AIDS...

Rights and Challenges of Women and Children Living with HIV: roundtable in Kazan

May 15, 2009, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan – Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), under the auspices of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan, held a round table meeting on Rights and Challenges of Women and Children Living...

Public-Private Partnerships in HIV Care and Support in India

Reaching out to migrant construction workers in India

Public-Private Partnerships in HIV Prevention in India

Internal migration

ILO, China launch first HIV/AIDS prevention campaign for internal rural migrant workers

The 200 million internal migrant workers in China play a vital role in the country’s mining, construction, and transportation sectors. But the lack of awareness about HIV puts them at risk of contracting the disease. Last November, the ILO and...

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Economic crisis to impact on HIV/AIDS response says the ILO ahead of International Conference on AIDS and STI in Africa

Experts from the International Labour Organization (ILO) will address the potential impact of the global economic crisis on HIV/AIDS in the workplace during a series of events to be held at the 15th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually...