Research and policy analysis
Research and analysis improve understanding of the social, economic and labour impact of HIV/AIDS in the world of work, as well as the policy and legal environment needed to bring about change. They serve to inform advocacy and provide a sound basis for workplace policies and programmes. Research can document the current impact of HIV/AIDS (to provide a baseline snapshot prior to intervention), help select interventions, and offer the means to track change and assess progress. Analysis can serve any or all of these steps, with the overall objective to ensure that acquired knowledge and lessons learned are applied in preventing and mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS in the world of work.
The products of research and analysis are as follows:
- A biennial report: HIV/AIDS and work: global estimates, impact and response (available on this site for 2004);
- Alternate biennial thematic reports - the theme of globalization and labour in 2005, and HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation in the informal economy is planned for 2007;
- ILO/AIDS Briefs present succinct reviews of particular topics, geared for broad dissemination - Women, girls, HIV/AIDS and the world of work appeared in December 2004 and HIV/AIDS and employment in September 2005;
- Research and Policy Analysis papers present ILO studies of core issues. Papers on the economic impact of HIV/AIDS, on legislative and policy advances, and on the measurement of HIV/AIDS costs are available:
- Reports on specific topics - Making Co-Investment a Reality - Strategies and Experiences
HIV/AIDS and work: global estimates, impact on children and youth, and response - 2006
This new ILO presents updated estimates of the impact of the HIV epidemic on the world of work, the labour force and the working-age population in 60 countries in all regions. It also gives particular attention to the effects of the epidemic on employment growth, the persistence of child labour, the sexual exploitation of children and youth, and the need for youth to have access to decent work. In complement, the report examines a range of rights-based responses. For the first time, projections of mortality losses and the effects of illness on the labour force and the working-age population take account of increased future access to antiretroviral treatment, and show the benefits for the world of work.
HIV/AIDS and work in a globalizing world - 2005
This ILO report addresses the issues that globalization raises for HIV/AIDS, and the potential opportunities that globalization offers to increase HIV prevention and improve access to treatment. Chapters focus on:
- • the development challenge of globalization: implications for the poorest countries and those that are overwhelmed by the HIV epidemic
- • labour mobility, globalization and the risk of HIV
- • global movement in the travel and transport industries, overseas military intervention, volunteer work and the risk of HIV
- • national and international legislation that governs movement of labour and rights of workers affected by HIV/AIDS
- • contributions that globalization can make to the HIV/AIDS response: the roles of global labour standards and global social responsibility; global initiatives and mechanisms that address HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS and work: global estimates, impact and response - 2004
This major report presents global estimates of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the male and female labour force and the working-age population in developing and developed regions for the period 1995-2015.
It reviews and discusses effects on the private and public sectors, agriculture and the informal economy. The report includes:
- • numbers of workers unable to work because of illness - estimates and projections
- • labour force losses and deaths of persons of working age - estimates and projections
- • resulting economic and social burdens - new indicators and projections
- • macroeconomic impact due to labour force effects - changes in growth of GDP, 1992-2002
- • multiple consequences for society - notably for women and for children
The report also outlines policy implications, illustrates the range of responses to HIV/AIDS in a variety of workplace settings from examples selected globally,
and gives special emphasis to current efforts to provide antiretroviral therapy in conjunction with HIV prevention as well as the large potential for expanded access to workplace-based treatment.
The report draws on the most recent demographic and epidemiological data from the United Nations,
UNAIDS and ILO, and is based on new measures that allow for such global projections of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the world of work to be made for the first time.
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Main research areas include:
- Measures to protect rights and combat discrimination related to HIV status
- Labour market, employment and human capital implications of HIV/AIDS
- Links between HIV/AIDS, poverty and development
- Legal and policy framework for national strategic planning and workplace programmes to combat HIV/AIDS
- The gender dimensions of HIV/AIDS in the world of work
- Statistical requirements for measuring the impacts of HIV/AIDS in the world of work, and indicators to monitor the effectiveness of workplace policies
- HIV/AIDS, social protection, and the care economy
- Labour migration and HIV/AIDS
- The informal economy and HIV/AIDS
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