HIV/AIDS PREVENTION IN THE WORLD OF WORK
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International HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Program
Region
Country
Project Duration
January 2003
-
December 2008
Funding and Year
FY
2003
: USD
667,581
FY
2004
: USD
281,739
- Work with a high-ranking National Tripartite Board to develop innovative strategies for involving government, employers, labor and relevant NGOs to promote and sustain workplace based HIV/AIDS prevention education programs.
- Develop and distribute relevant information, education and communications materials.
- Conduct presentations, workshops and provide follow-up technical assistance for employers and unions on how to implement workplace prevention programs.
- Work with local institutions to develop a cadre of trainers who can provide technical assistance to companies on workplace prevention programs.
- Evaluate, promote, and support successful and replicable projects that further development strategies.
The Problem
By late 2003, Russia was unofficially estimated to have 1.5 million cases of HIV – the highest in the region. In seventy percent of cases, the disease had been spread among intravenous drug users (IDUs); sexual contact is the second most common means partly due to the expanding sex industry throughout Russia. Combined with the increasing rate of heterosexual transmission, this places Russia on the verge of a generalized epidemic, particularly among those in their 20s and 30s. It seriously threatens the future labor force and economy of Russia, as well as the health and safety of western countries.
Our Strategy
- Reduced HIV/AIDS risk behaviors of employees and families form targeted enterprises;
- Reduced level of workplace discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS
Targets:
- Small and Medium-size enterprises – management, workers and their families
- Staff of government, employers’ and workers’ organizations, NGOs, CBOs, and civil society.
- Grantee:
- International Labor Organization (ILO)
- Implementing Partners:
- Ministry of Labor
- Contact Information:
- (202) 693-4900 / Office of Trade and Labor Affairs (OTLA)
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