South Urals Railway Joins ILO HIV/AIDS Initiative

The South Urals Railway operations in Chelyabinsk Region are piloting the ILO's Global Voluntary and Confidential HIV Counselling and Testing at Work (VCT@WORK) Initiative on behalf of the Russian Railways Company.

26 September 2016

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On 26 September 2016, 219 South Urals Railway employees accessed voluntary and confidential HIV counselling and testing in the workplace. More than 200 representatives of the administration, HR and OSH services, trade unions, and subdivisions of the railway company attended a workshop on HIV/AIDS in the world of work.

Vitaly Schetinin, First Deputy Minister of Health in Chelyabinsk Region, addressed the participants, emphasising the importance of large companies' involvement in workplace HIV prevention programmes for curbing the increase in new HIV infections.