1. HIV / AIDS
THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION CODE OF PRACTICE ON HIV / AIDS AND THE WORLD OF WORK

2. We are in Good Company

3. HIV/AIDS affects us all
We all need to be aware
IN TIME
Our Friends
Our Colleagues
ALL THE TIME
Our Families
Ourselves

4. HIV/AIDS What exactly is this disease?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
The virus weakens the body’s immune system.
After infection, a person develops antibodies.
These are an attempt by the immune system to resist attack by the virus.
If a person is tested for HIV and these antibodies are found, he or she is sometimes called HIV positive or simply HIV+.

5. HIV /AIDS So What is AIDS?
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Because HIV weakens the body’s immune system, a person becomes vulnerable to a range of opportunistic infections, which the body could normally fight off. It is one of these infections which will ultimately cause death, some years after infection.

6. HIV / AIDS How is it transmitted?
Sexual intercourse /80%
Blood Transfusion /5 %
Mother to Child transmission -5/10%
Injecting drug use /10%
Health Care (needle stick injuries) <0.01%

7. HIV / AIDS How it is NOT transmitted.
Kissing, hugging, shaking hands
Mosquito or insect bites
Coughing and sneezing
Sharing toilets or washing facilities
Using utensils or consuming food and drink handled by someone who has HIV.
There is no recorded instance of the virus being transmitted through First Aid procedures.

8. HIV/AIDS A Global Disaster
In the twenty years since it appeared, HIV/AIDS has killed more people than the bubonic plague of the fourteenth century, or the influenza epidemic following the war.
There is no cure.
Present treatments are expensive and unavailable to the vast majority of victims.
Millions more will die.

9. HIV/AIDS – THE EPIDEMIC
At the end of 2001, estimated 40 million people living with AIDS.
Just under half are women and 8% children
In 2001 HIV/AIDS caused 3 million deaths.
5 million new cases were reported.

10. HIV/AIDS Global and Regional Trends
Total no. of People living with HIV/AIDS
People newly infected during 2001
Deaths due to HIV/AIDS in 2001
Sub-Saharan Africa
28,500,000
3,500,000
2,200,000
Asia & Pacific
6,600,000
1,070,000
435,000
Americas & Caribbean
2,870,000
235,000
115,000
Europe & Central Asia
1,550,000
280,000
31,000
North Africa & Middle East
500,000
80,000
30,000
Australia & New Zealand
15,000
500
<100

11. HIV/AIDS Wider effects in the world of work
Reduced supply of Labour
Loss of skilled and experienced workers
Absenteeism and early retirement
Stigmatization and discrimination against workers with HIV
Increased labour costs for employers from health insurance to retraining
Reduced productivity, contracting tax base and negative impact on economic growth
A threat to food security as rural workers are increasingly affected

12. HIV/AIDS Wider effects in the world of work
Falling demand, investment discouraged and enterprise development undermined
Social protection systems and health services under pressure
Increased burden on women to combine care and productive work
Loss of family income and household productivity, exacerbating poverty
Orphans and other affected children forced out of school and into child labour
Pressure on women and young people to survive by providing sexual services

13. The United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
In a special Session held in June 2001, five priorities made clear:
1.To ensure that people everywhere, particularly the young, know what to do to avoid infection.
2.To stop the most tragic form of infection –from mother to child.
3.To provide treatment for all those infected.
4.To redouble the search for a vaccine as a cure.
5.To care for all those whose lives have been affected by AIDS, particularly more than 13 million orphans.

14. THE ILO CODE OF PRACTICE
This code establishes both the rights and responsibilities of the tripartite partners as well as key principles of workplace policy:
Prevention through education, gender-aware programmes and practical support for behaviour change.
Protection of workers’ rights including employment protection, gender equality, entitlement to benefits and non discrimination.
Care and support, including confidential voluntary counseling and testing, as well as treatment in settings where local health systems are inadequate.

15. The ILO’s 10 key principles for developing policies
Recognition of HIV/AIDS as a workplace issue.
Non-discrimination.
Gender Equality
Healthy work environment.
Social Dialogue
No screening for purposes of exclusion from employment or work processes.
Confidentiality
Continuation of employment relationship
Prevention
Care and Support.

16. THE ILO CODE OF PRACTICE
The ILO states that the workplace (world of work) is a vitally important arena in which to raise awareness and effectiveness in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS and the required responses to the effect of the disease.

17. Why have a workplace policy on HIV/AIDS?
A workplace policy provides the framework for enterprise action to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and manage its impact.
The policy should:-
Provide a clear statement about non-discrimination
Ensure consistency with appropriate national laws
Lay down standard of behaviour for all employees (whether infected or not)
Give guidance to supervisors and managers
Help employees living with HIV/AIDS to understand what support and care they will receive, so that they are more likely to come forward for voluntary testing
Help to stop the spread of the virus through prevention programmes
Assist an enterprise in planning for HIV/AIDS and managing its impact, thus ultimately saving money

18. HIV/AIDS Why make it a workplace issue?
Firstly:
HIV/Aids has a huge impact on the world of work –reducing the supply of labour and available skills, increasing labour costs, reducing productivity, threatening the livelihoods of workers and employers and undermining rights.

19. HIV/AIDS Why make it a workplace issue?
Secondly:
The workplace is a good place to tackle HIV/AIDS. Standards are set for working conditions and labour relations. Workplaces are communities where people come together and they discuss, debate and learn from each other. This provides an opportunity for awareness raising, education programmes and the protection of rights.

20. HIV/AIDS Why make it a workplace issue?
Thirdly
Employers and trade unions are leaders in their communities and countries. Leadership is crucial to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

21. What is Saybolt’s connection to the ILO code of practice and the world of work?
In June 2001, Juan Somavia – Director General of the ILO presented the above Code of Practice to the UN General Assembly.
The Code of Practice was subsequently adopted by the UN Secretary General as a framework for its own personnel policy.
Saybolt views compliance with the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS as an integral part of the commitments regarding the United Nations Global Compact.

22. What is Saybolt expected to do?
Formulate a progressive Company charter with specific policies based on the Code of Practice including strategies and safeguards on:
Education and awareness
Screening and Discrimination
Confidentiality
Facilities
Security

23. What more?
Construct and apply forums to increase awareness and active participation of staff by suitable methods such as:
Workshops
Group Discussion
Professional Addresses
Inclusion in existing agendas
Periodically evaluate the progress and effect of the above.

24. Why a trainings manual?
The manual is a training instrument which emphasizes practical activities and guidelines to help our constituents and other users apply the Code to national strategic plans and to develop targeted and effective workplace policies and programmes. It is also a source of information on HIV/AIDS from the perspective of the world of work.
The manual is designed to be a living document. It is possible to modify activities and add modules or special guidelines for specific sectors and groups, for particular countries or local situations.
The manual is not designed to be read like a novel, from cover to cover. Consider it more as a menu: pick out the parts that interest you!

25. What are the main aims of the trainings manual?
To encourage Directors, Managers and Staff to “open” the subject of HIV/AIDS in the workplace in order to:
Increase the awareness of the problem
Educate employees in the avoidance of risk
Dispel erroneous myths regarding the spread of the disease
Eradicate all forms of discrimination resulting from the disease
Provide security measures for those affected

26. What is in the ILO Manual?
The manual consists of eight modules under the following headings:
HIV/AIDS: the epidemic and its impact on the world of work
HIV/AIDS and human rights
Workplace action through social dialogue: the role of employers workers and their organisations
A legal and policy frame work on HIV/AIDS in the world of work: role of government
The gender dimensions of HIV/AIDS and the world of work
Workplace programmes for HIV/AIDS prevention
Care and Support
HIV/AIDS and the informal economy

27. What is in the ILO Manual?
Each Module contains:
Presentation of the issues
Learning Activities (group work, role play etc)
Case Studies
Extracts showing examples of legislation, policies and collective agreements
References

28. What is the key to effective participation
OPEN
the subject of HIV/AIDS for discussion in the workplace

29. A way forward.
Overcome the sensitivities of the subject caused by sex, religion and culture and OPEN the subject in the workplace.
In discussion lies awareness
In awareness lies understanding
In understanding lies prevention
Prevention is the only known cure

30. Do not allow this to be
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