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World AIDS Day

Workplaces are key avenues for responding to the challenge of HIV/AIDS

This year, the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2008) is being held in Senegal. Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director of the ILO’s Social Protection Sector, answers our questions.

World AIDS Day 2008

Driving for change: action on HIV/AIDS in the road transport sector

In a number of countries, HIV prevalence is higher among road transport workers than in the general population. To respond to the challenge of HIV/AIDS in the sector, workers’ and employers’ representatives from around the world will meet in Geneva...

The first targeted HIV/AIDS prevention campaign in China featuring migrant workers for their hometown fellows

Some 700,000 people are living with HIV in China, according to the Ministry of Health. Over half of them contracted the virus through sexual activities. The government is increasingly placing great emphasis on protecting rural migrant workers from...

Sub-regional Training “HIV/AIDS and the world of work” for constituents’ focal points

Developing gender-specific HIV educational materials at the workplace: The case of young women garment workers in Cambodia

Innovative Ways to Target the Invisible: HIV/AIDS Education for Transport Workers

Capacity Building of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) for Workplace Advocacy - Experiences from India

Ensuring Sustainability: The successful partnership between the private sector and the health-at-work agents in Burkina Faso

Meeting the challenges of HIV and AIDS workplace policies & programmes in companies with educated workforce

Workplace Policies on HIV and AIDS and the Right to Non-discrimination: Pilot Initiatives in Nepal

Breaking the barriers: an innovative collaborative approach between the workplace and an STI clinic in Sri Lanka

Responding to the livelihood needs to PLHIV – Experiences from a pilot project in India

Empowering agricultural cooperatives to drive the HIV/AIDS response in rural areas

The role of Nepalese Trade Unions in the fight against HIV/AIDS among the migrant workers

HIV/AIDS - Universal action now: the role of the workplace

When the 17th International AIDS Conference gets underway in Mexico City on 3 August, it will mark one of the largest gatherings ever held on HIV/AIDS, with more than 20,000 expected to attend. For the ILO, the conference will provide a global...

ILO to emphasize workplace role in HIV prevention at international AIDS Conference in Mexico

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to host a series of events at the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which opens this Sunday, designed to illustrate the growing importance of the workplace in responding to the HIV/AIDS...

Next steps to counteract HIV/AIDS in the world of work: Round table in Dushanbe

Dushanbe hosted a Round Table discussion between the ILO tripartite constituents and with the participation of UNAIDS, international organizations, National AIDS Center in order to identify next steps in counteracting HIV/AIDS in the world of work...

ILO launches process aimed at adopting new international labour standard on HIV/AIDS in the world of work

Noting that 169 of its 181 Member States have adopted a national policy or strategy concerning HIV/AIDS, the International Labour Office (ILO) is launching a process to adopt a new international labour standard aimed at bolstering the role of the...

Eastern Europe and Central Asia AIDS Conference.

On 3-5 May 2008 the second regional Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference took place in Moscow. More than 1500 delegates from all CIS countries as well as from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and many other countries took part in the...

The ILO/USDOL International HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Programme - Stories from the field

Approximately 650 workplaces in 24 countries stretching from Benin to China are now involved with in the workplace education programme known as SHARE (Strategic HIV/AIDS Responses in Enterprises). Overall, an estimated million workers benefit from...