AIDS campaign: tackling stigmatisation and exclusion in the workplace

Many people living with HIV continue to experience stigmatisation, fear and exclusion. This is why the 2015 Ministry of Health campaign is targeting workplace stigmatisation and discrimination against people living with HIV.

Objectives of this campaign

To provide information and encourage more respectful human relationships

• This campaign addresses a lack of awareness, irrational fears of getting the infection and preconceptions about how it can be passed on.
• It aims to provide information and encourage respectful human and professional relationships both at home and at work.

You can live a full life with HIV, but there is no place for 'discrimination'

Thanks to modern medicine, people receiving treatment for HIV can enjoy good quality of life and have a near-normal life expectancy. They can perform well at work and enjoy leisure activities like anyone else. Nowadays, you can live a full life with HIV, but there is no place for discrimination.

Social isolation, a consequence of discrimination

People affected by discrimination and stigmatisation can find themselves socially isolated and often feeling insecure. The only solution is awareness, speaking and listening to each other and mutual respect.

Information materials

Posters

A number of visuals were launched as part of this campaign. They had one common objective: to provide information and encourage respectful relationships in the workplace.

Brochures: 'Let's dispel the myths!'

A new brochure has also just been published. It will provide information by dispelling myths, so people living with HIV can better integrate into their workplaces.

This brochure can be found in the 'Learn more' box below. It is available in French, German, English and Portuguese.