VIETNAM: HIV Carriers Suffer Severe Discrimination at Work in Vietnam: International Labor Organization

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VIETNAM: HIV Carriers Suffer Severe Discrimination at Work in Vietnam: International Labor Organization

Agence France Presse (12.16.03) - Tuesday, December 16, 2003

People infected with HIV in Vietnam face workplace discrimination that must be overcome in order to combat the epidemic, according to a UN International Labor Organization report released today in Hanoi. ILO consultants, convened in the Vietnamese capital for a workshop on HIV/AIDS discrimination, said ignorance about the disease is fueled by the communist government's policy of stereotypically linking it to "social evils" such as drug abuse and prostitution. The ILO survey of 200 workers revealed that 70 percent believed their companies should not employ HIV-infected employees, and 62.5 percent supported isolating such employees in separate work units. "In a supportive workplace, workers may be more willing to learn about HIV/AIDS and to get voluntarily tested," said ILO Hanoi Director Rosemarie Greve.
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