All content tagged with: "AIDS"

LGBT+ transport workers need solidarity, not ‘rainbow capitalism’
Attitudes to sexual orientation and gender identity have changed for the better all over the world in the last two decades, towards openness and acceptance. For the...

World Aids Day 2018
Around 37 million people in the world are living with HIV, the highest number ever. Many of those who are infected, do not know their HIV status. It is very...

I know my status - HIV/AIDS
I Know My Status HIV/AIDS education film for seafarers 'I Know My Status' is part of the ITF's campaign to remove the stigma and discrimination that still exists...

The storytelling project
The programme removing the stigma from HIV/AIDS Two of the biggest obstacles to effective HIV prevention are stigma and the discrimination associated with it,...

Inland transport and HIV/AIDS
Cutting infections in the road and railway sectors Road transport and railway workers are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS infection. The reasons run deeper than just...

HIV/AIDS in the civil aviation sector
An ITF study on the impact of the virus Many of those living with HIV are transport workers. Long absences from home and a lack of effective health and safety...

Our people
Your representatives in promoting HIV/AIDS as a union issue The ITF HIV/AIDS programme is run by programme coordinator Asif Altaf. We have an ITF HIV/AIDS network...

What we do
The HIV/AIDS agenda is to keep transport workers and their families healthy and safe During the 40th ITF congress in Vancouver in 2002 there was a resolution to...

World Aids Day 2017
Help us keep transport workers healthy and happy The transport industry is a vital partner in the response to HIV/AIDS. It moves millions of people every day, both...