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COVID-19: Promoting HIV prevention at the workplace

Integrating HIV and COVID-19 prevention programmes for safer workplaces

Better protection against HIV and COVID-19 can be done by implementing an integrated programme at the enterprise level. One company shares its good practices in integrating these two programmes with support from the health service.

COVID-19: Promoting gender equality

Providing better protection to women against violence and HIV

Women are still vulnerable to violence and HIV. The ILO’s webinar addresses this important issue to strengthen the movement against violence and vulnerability to HIV for women.

COVID-19: Promoting HIV prevention at the workplace

Breaking the silence against HIV/AIDS among youth with knowledge

To reduce the vulnerability of youth to HIV/AIDS in the country, the ILO with its social empower Indonesian youth with knowledge and better awareness.

COVID-19: Promoting HIV prevention at the workplace

Integrating HIV/AIDS with OSH to create non-discriminatory workplaces

The ILO and its social partners promote the integration of HIV/AIDS prevention programme at the workplace with occupational safety and health (OSH) programmes to end stigma and discrimination.

ILO and UNAIDS provide PPE and welfare items to PLW HIVAIDS to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19

In response to the call by the UNAIDS Executive Director, to reprogramme up to fifty percent (50%) of the 2020 UNAIDS country envelope funds for COVID-19 related activities, the ILO along with it partners donated assorted COVID-19 Personal...

HIV/AIDS at the workplace

Take an HIV test and keep sailing! ILO promotes HIV/AIDS awareness among seafarers

Ukraine remains among the European countries most affected by HIV and AIDS. Every day, fifty people get infected and ten die from AIDS. The epidemic is driven by key populations: partly by people who inject drugs, but the prevailing cause has been...

HIV self-testing at workplaces in Zimbabwe

The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) of Zimbabwe, together with ILO, UNITAID, Populations Services International (PSI) and the National Aids Council (NAC), have implemented a HIV Self Testing (HIV/ST) initiative in ten companies. The...

Enhancing Access to HIV Testing and social protection in Kenya

The ILO is prioritising both the scaling up of HIV-sensitive Social Protection and the VCT@WORK Initiative in Kenya and the strategy has been to build synergies between the two priorities. An innovative approach towards enhancing access to HIV...

Indonesia to develop Strategic Programme on HIV Prevention at the Workplace 2020-2024

To strengthen its HIV prevention programme at the workplace, the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower, with support from the ILO, developed a national HIV strategic programme for 2020-2024.

VCT@WORK in Mozambique: Multi disease testing helps

In April 2017, the International Labour Organization, with support from the Flanders, started a programme on “Scaling up Voluntary Counselling and Testing VCT@ Work in Mozambique”. The Programme aimed at addressing the underlying causes of low...

Reaching Men under the National Test and Treat campaign in Tanzania

Only 45 per cent of men living with HIV know their HIV status in Tanzania, as against 56 per cent of women living with HIV. The Prime Minister, involving all stakeholders, launched a national HIV Test and Treat campaign on 19 June 2018. Coming...

Increased Access to Social Protection and HIV Services through Scaled up Workplace Programmes in Identified Sectors in Nigeria

Through the VCT@Work Initiative the ILO contributes to the National testing targets which amongst others seeks to test 80 million Nigerians by 2020.

VCT@WORK in Ukraine’s Maritime Sector

According to estimates, 30 per cent of people living with HIV in Ukraine don’t know their HIV positive status. HIV testing is free and available in AIDS centres, and in many primary medical healthcare centres, as a result of the current health care...

Deputy Minister Grigory Lekarev: Russian Ministry of Labour Runs Active Awareness Campaign for HIV/AIDS Prevention at Work

Grigory Lekarev, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection, made this statement at the 5th All-Russia Forum for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment practitioners.

Providing a breast milk delivery service to support workers’ exclusive breastfeeding programme

In addition to the lactation room, Better Work Indonesia ‘s garment factory PT Ungaran Sari Garments (PT USG) has moved ahead with a new delivery initiative, ensuring babies of its women workers always have adequate supply of breast milk while...

NIS economic experts meeting

The PERC and the ILO-ACTRAV organized on 6-7 November in Tbilisi an annual meeting of the trade union economic experts from the NIS countries. The meeting continues cooperation of trade union professional experts as a part of the PERC coordinated...

Inspiring journeys of two mothers to stay productive with HIV

Two women shared their life journeys to be productive with HIV and to continue living their lives to the fullest. Their stories inspired the participants of the ILO’s VCT@Work Programme in Bandung and Medan.

ILO continue teaming up with Angkasa Pura II on VCT@Work in Bandung and Medan

The ILO continue its team up with PT Angkasa Pura II, the state-owned company who has developed a non- discriminatory policy on HIV/AIDS at workplace, reaching out the staff and crews of the Husein Sastranegara and Kualanamu International Airports...

Where is the “human-centred approach”?

A struggling economy in a mineral rich country has pushed many people into finding creative ways of surviving, at times engaging in risky behaviours. The occupational hazards they face are both personal and communal.

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | TANZANIA - “Today, I own my business and I know how to protect myself from HIV infection”

An ILO project in Tanzania helped women like Angel Banda to become financially independent while at the same time providing them with training on HIV prevention.