HIV and AIDS




TUC Aid Project mobilizes support for the ILO Recommendation on HIV in Nigeria.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is mobilizing support for the implementation of the ILO Recommendation on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work adopted by the International Labour Conference in June 2010.

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15 May 2012
As long as one nation enslaves its people, none of us will be free, says

12 April marks the anniversary of a shameful event in Africa's history. It is the date that democracy activists all over the world, and especially here in Africa remember as the date when, 39 years ago, the Royal Elite of Swaziland dispelled any semb...

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12 April 2012
HIV/AIDS - Union involvement boosts VCT in Nigeria

Voluntary Counseling Confidential Testing (VCCT) organized under the NLC-TUC workplace initiative has proved popular among workers in the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria where HIV prevalence is considered to be third highest in the country.

3 February 2012
Austerity measures could undermine treatment, care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS in the UK, warns the TUC

Kay Carberry, TUC Assistant General Secretary, in her address to a seminar held in Congress House on the occasion of the World AIDS Day, expressed serious concern over the impact of current austerity measures on the lives of those infected with or af...

5 December 2011
World Aids Day - 1 December 2011

TUC Seminar, Thursday 1 December 2011. The event will bring together trade unionists, interested NGOs and government officials to look at the status of the disease in the UK and examine the current budget constraints and their impact on the service...

27 October 2011
UK Government should support international effort to eliminate stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS.

The TUC has written to the Foreign Secretary in advance of the UN High Level Meeting on AIDS to be held in New York on 8-10 June 2011, asking the UK Government to support the main demands made by the international trade union movement spearheaded by ...

27 May 2011



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