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ISBN: 9789221132219
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
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Enterprises and HIV/AIDS in India
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ISBN: 9789221132219
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
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Corporate Responses to HIV/AIDS
Author: Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 082137172X
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
How should the corporate sector engage in fighting the global burden of the AIDS epidemic? India's relatively low HIV prevalence rate often raises the question of whether it is in corporate sector interest to allocate resources to combat HIV and AIDS. The five case studies in this report feature a selection of Indian companies that felt compelled to engage in this fight and id allocate resources in order to do so. The challenges these companies encountered and innovative methods they used to surmount these challenges serve as useful lessons for those interested in launching similar intiatives.
Legislating an Epidemic
Author: Publisher: Universal Law Publishing
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Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Hiv/Aids Among Industrial & Transport Workers
Author: Prof. Rajinder M. KalraPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 146916387X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
This book, entitled HIV/AIDS among Industrial Workers & Truck Drivers, is a world class humanitarian effort. Kalra & Kalra have condensed an immense amount of literature in to a single concise handbook. Statistics, editorials, government data and interviews outlined in this book provide a startling insight in to the complex causes of HIV dissemination and its real effects. This book stands alone as a powerful education tool to industrial workers, their employers and to general society. The authors should be commended for their hard work and dedication to this noble cause. George S. Athwal, MD, FRCSC Consultant and Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada Owned and Operated by St. Josephs Health Services Association of London, Incorporated Affi liated with the University of Western Ontario
AIDS in Asia
Author: Jai P NarainPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761932246
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This volume discusses the many advances in HIV research, new initiatives and their promise for application in the Asian region. It highlights the critical need for national commitment and adequate resources, and for addressing the underlying HIV-risk related behaviours and vulnerabilities. The contributors also examine the concept of comprehensive care - from home and from the community to the institutional level - as well as providing up to date information on HIV drug and vaccine development.
HIV/AIDS and Work
Author: International Labour OfficePublisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9221158241
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
It is estimated that by the end of 2003 there were just under 38 million people living with HIV/AIDS, with all but two million of these people of working age. This report, prepared by the ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work, sets out global estimates of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the labour force and the working age population in 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and in more developed regions. Issues discussed include: the implications for the private and public sectors, on agriculture and concerns for food insecurity and on the informal economy; on women and children; policy implications and examples of responses to the problem in a variety of workplace settings; provision of antiretroviral therapy in conjunction with HIV prevention in the workplace and the potential for expanded access to workplace-based treatment.
AIDS and Business
Author: Saskia FaulkPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135218773
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Complete with an impressive collection of complex background and research on HIV/AIDS and a foreword by Dr. Peter Piot, former Executive Director of UNAIDS, this volume collects and critically analyzes a wide range of international case studies, detailing why and how businesses take action on HIV/AIDS and providing a wealth of information on the impact of the pandemic.
HIV/AIDS and the World of Work
Author: International Labour OfficePublisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221206408
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Contains information on HIV/AIDS in the world of work provided by member States in reply to surveys, meetings of experts, and other sources available to the International Labour Office. Includes considerations for the adoption of a new Recommendation on the subject.
Future Forsaken
Author: Zama Coursen-NeffPublisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9781564323262
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Hundreds of thousands of children in India are living with HIV/AIDS. Many more children are otherwise seriously affected by India's burgeoning epidemic-when they are forced to withdraw from school to care for sick parents, are forced to work to replace their parents' income, or are orphaned (losing one or both parents to AIDS).
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