HIV/AIDS Prevention

U.S. labor secretary launches HIV/AIDS initiative in Ghana

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 18th, 2004

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao has helped launch the Ghana HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Project as part of a $9.5 million Department of Labor grant to the International Labor Organization (ILO) to develop a program for HIV/AIDS prevention education and workplace policy.

The secretary spoke at the closing session of the 2-day workshop launching the project. The launch was part of Secretary Chao's December visit to Africa to highlight continuing efforts to end the worst forms of child labor, including using children as soldiers and trafficking in children, and to promote programs in the workplace to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. While in Africa, Chao also visited...

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