This document should be used to develop workplace policies in the private and public sectors throughout the region. It is intended to be used in the context of social dialogue and the promotion of best practices in the workplace.

What is HIV?
HIV is the abbreviation for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This virus attacks the immune system and slowly weakens a person’s ability to fight off other diseases, by attaching itself to and destroying important cells that control and support the human immune system. It is the virus that causes AIDS.

What is AIDS?
The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a cluster of medical conditions, often referred to as opportunistic infections and cancers and for which, to date, there is no cure.