Guidelines on HIV and AIDS for the postal sector / International Labour Office, Sectoral Activities Department, Programme on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Labour Office. Sectoral Activities Programme, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

AIDS (Disease).

HIV (Viruses)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

HIV (Viruses).

HIV infections--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

HIV infections.

Postal service--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Postal service.

AIDS (Disease)--Government policy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

AIDS (Disease)--Prevention--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (77 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Office, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These guidelines are a product of collaboration among the ILO, UPU, UNAIDS and UNI Global Union. It is expected that these guidelines will help stakeholders in the postal sector and their affiliated members to develop and implement their own workplace HIV and AIDS policies and programmes.

Contents:

Acknowledgements; Note to users; List of acronyms; Terminology; Preface; UNAIDS, Universal Postal Union,UNI Global Union and ILO launch global HIV prevention campaign; Table of contents; Introduction; I. THE POSTAL SECTOR AND THE HIV AND AIDS EPIDEMIC; 1.1 The impact of HIV and AIDS on the postal industry and its workers; 1.2 The distribution and supply chain; 1.3 Customers and the surrounding community; 1.4 Stigmatization and discrimination; II. TAKING ACTION IN THE POSTAL SECTOR; 2.1 The legal and policy framework:an integrated strategy; 2.2 Action at the workplace or in the community

2.3 regional and national cooperation III. HOW CAN THE ILO, THE UPU, UNI AND UNAIDS DEVELOP POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES?; 3.1 A step-by-step approach to formulating policies and action programmes in the postal sector; IV. THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE HIV RESPONSE WITH IN POSTAL SERVICES; 4.1 Postal enterprises and the world economy; 4.2 The role of postal businesses in HIV and AIDS responses; 4.3 How can postal enterprises respond to the HIV pandemic?; 4.4 Public-private partnerships: a new possibility for the postal sector; Appendices

Appendix 1: A workplace policy on HIV and AIDS:What it should cover Appendix 2: HIV treatment and care; Appendix 3: Organizations involved in the prevention campaigns for the postal and logistics sectors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 16, 2015).

ISBN:

92-2-124710-4

OCLC:

902958061