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  Women, HIV/AIDS and the world of work

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  About half those living with HIV are women, but women are now becoming infected at a faster rate than men. Many women experience sexual and economic subordination in their personal relationships and at work, and so cannot negotiate safe sex or refuse unsafe sex.
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  Framework for thinking about workplace interventions in response to HIV/AIDS in southern Africa

  Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge Mass., 2000

  Labour force participation is high in Sub-Saharan Africa and most people are actively employed in some form of production. Economic losses incurred from HIV and AIDS are substantial but difficult to quantify. For example, an individual’s economic behaviour can be expected to pay less heed to a long run that the person may not live to see. Likely results are decreased work effort and savings.
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  African higher education institutions responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic

  Association of African Universities, 2003

  Up to recently higher education institutions had done very little in terms of response to the AIDS pandemic. The central message of this paper presented at the AAU Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities is that higher education institutions must develop a comprehensive HIV prevention programme.
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  Building dynamic democratic governance and HIV-resilient societies

  United Nations Development Programme, 2003

  AIDS is more than a disease: it attacks the life systems of individuals, families, communities and nations. One dimensional programmes, which overlook human complexity, fail in the face of HIV/AIDS. This joint paper from UNAIDS and UNDP argues that this is why the concept of ‘governance’, with people centred responses at their core, can be so useful to effective AIDS strategies.
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  Waking up to risk: corporate responses to HIV/AIDS in the workplace

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2003

  This paper from the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) looks at the response of large corporations to HIV/AIDS. The paper presents results and analysis from the first global survey of transnational corporations responses to the pandemic. HIV/AIDS may pose significant risks to current and future corporate financial performance.
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  AIDS treatment: saving lives, saving money

  The Commercial Market Strategies project, 2003

  This brochure attempts to convince Ghanaian businesses of the benefits of sponsoring AIDS treatment for their workforce.
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  Construction workplace interventions for prevention, care, support and treatment of HIV/AIDS

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2003

  Construction workers, who are usually a young, low-skilled and mobile population, are particularly at risk for contracting HIV/AIDS.
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  AIDS on the agenda: adapting development and humanitarian programmes to meet the challenge of HIV

  Oxfam, 2003

  This book explores how mainstream development and humanitarian work can be adapted to create a holistic response to the impact of AIDS on poor and marginalised communities.
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  Technical cooperation and the HIV epidemic: applying best practice to the ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the world of work

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  This study evaluates experience in delivering technical support in response to HIV/AIDS, and draws lessons on how the International Labour Organization (ILO) can best plan and deliver activities in this area.It argues that the ILO has set for itself an ambitious set of objectives with respect to HIV/AIDS in relation to the world of work, and that in order to achieve them it will have to underta
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  Designing and operating a site-tailored HIV/AIDS programme to succeed in a decentralized company

  World Economic Forum, 2002

  This document describes the HIV programme created by Anglovaal Mining Limited (Avmin), a South Africa-based mining company, in order to address the high level of HIV prevalence among its employees.Key facts and characteristics of the programme include:in 2002 HIV prevalence among Avmin's employees was 14%Avmin's future HIV related expenses associated with this level of HIV prevalenc

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