The Employer Led Model (ELM) HIV/AIDS prevention-to-care programme has helped reduce the stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV said Asha Vernekar, ELM Programme Officer, Goa AIDS Control Society, on Sunday.
She was speaking on Strategies for Prevention and Control of HIV/ AIDS under National AIDS Control Programme at the MOG Sundays, a public talk series at the Museum of Goa. She said the corporate social responsibility-led initiative has helped mitigate the risk of HIV/AIDS among migrant labourers employed in formal and informal sectors.
The ELM programme is implemented in partnership with Mormugao Port Trust and corporates like Sesa Sterlite and Zuari Agrochemicals.
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Ms. Vernekar said, “This partnership model is part of the multi-sectoral approach and helps integrating HIV counselling and testing within existing health infrastructure and adds to the participation of the employer in well-being of the workers.”