All news: HIV/AIDS

ILO supports more than 500 young women and men in Tanzania to establish own businesses and combat HIV/AIDS

Youth living with or affected by HIV trained on entrepreneurship and Business Development Skills

Caring for miners: Coal India Limited promotes VCT@WORK in India

HIV/AIDS

HIV / AIDS Guidelines of the Retail Sector Launched

Health is key to economic development, hence the need for the retail sector to embrace the national HIV/AIDS guidelines.

Employers’ Organizations and Hotel Associations Promote VCT@WORK in Uganda

Helping transgender make the most of their money

Access to finance is a fundamental condition for poverty reduction, job creation, income generation and social protection. However, some disadvantaged groups still experience limited access to employment and finance, including transgender people....

Siberian Coal Energy Company leads VCT@WORK in the Russian Federation

Trinidad & Tobago Develops National Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS

Weblinks to media coverage of the launch of the Trinidad & Tobago National Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS which took place in Port-of-Spain on Tuesday August 8, 2017

The ILO/COTU (K) partnership has planned to upscale HIV programming in the agricultural sector

Farming and other rural occupations, provide a livelihood for more than 70 per cent of the population.

PRUEBA 2 Call for case studies of inter-sectoral collaboration on HIV and climate change in the context of decent work

ILO is preparing an issue brief exploring the role of a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies and welcomes written submissions as contribution towards the body of knowledge on the relationships between climate...

ILO Kenya Partnership with Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge Takes Silver Spot at the African Responsible Tourism Awards 2017

As part of its women economic empowerment programme in Kenya, ILO partnered with Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge Africa Pro-Poor Tourism Development Centre (APTDC), and Tech for Trade to give a new lease on life for the women of Kimana’s Women’s Group...

ILO partners with IOM, workers organizations and Government to execute VCT@work initiative in Tanzania

More than 15000 miners and community members sensitized and 560 provided with testing and counseling services

ILO to partner with Tanzania Employers to conduct trainings on HIV and AIDS

More than 60 HR Practitioners are to benefit from the ILO technical expertise on promoting healthy working environment and getting to zero stigma and discrimination at work.

Zero discrimination day

Zero discrimination at workplace benefits everyone

Achieving zero discrimination needs actions from government, employers, workers and every individual in the society. Zero discrimination is more than protecting the interest of people living with HIV. It is about paving a path for qualified and...

Economic empowerment helps Maggie fight stigma

The ILO is contributing to the fight against HIV and AIDS by increasing knowledge and skills for self-employment and fighting income inequality. When economically empowered, persons living with HIV are free to share their experiences without shame.

Utilizing the healthWISE methodology to improve work conditions in healthcare settings in China

“Experience of OSH improvement the participating hospitals achieved by utilizing the HealthWISE methodology will contribute to the improvement of work conditions of healthcare workers in the country and across the world”, said Tim de Meyer,...

World AIDS Day 2016

Employment is key in the life cycle approach to HIV

"AIDS is not over. With the finish line in sight, we need to keep our foot on the accelerator and reinforce the role of the world of work as a strategic stage in the life cycle approach to HIV," says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

VCT@WORK: implementation throughout the country

Today on December 1 the whole world celebrates the World AIDS Day. The workplaces face a special task to spread the knowledge on the disease, ways of transmission, prevention, treatment, unacceptance of stigma and discrimination towards workers...

World AIDS Day 2016

Word AIDS day statement

By Mr Tim De Meyer, Director, ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia

Seminar in Moscow: Strengthening HIV and AIDS Workplace Response

On 15-17 November 2016, Moscow hosted a joint training seminar "Strengthening HIV and AIDS Workplace Response," co-organised by the ILO Moscow Office and the Russian Ministry of Labour and Social Protection.

Ukraine

Reducing HIV-related stigma and discrimination at workplace through training for labour inspectors

An ILO training equipped Ukrainian labour inspectors with skills and knowledge to implement awareness-raising and training activities and to provide advisory services to employers and workers.