.....AIDS EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT FOR OFWs........

.......Aids Education is Important..........


     One out of every four Filipinos diagnosed
(HIV) Human immunodeficiency Virus,
positive is an Overseas Filipino workers
(OFWs).
     A thousand Overseas Filipino Workers
have tested HIV positive, and they now comprise
26 percent reported cases in the national AIDS
Registry as of end of last year, according to data
reaching the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines.
     OFWs are particularly vulnerable to HIV and
 other sexually transmitted diseases because they are
exposed to foreign cultures that tend to abet high risk
behavior, including casual sex.
     The Philippines Overseas Employment administration
should include AIDS preventive education in the free
seminars for departing workers.
     The Overs eases  Workers Welfare Administration
should invest in activities that raise AIDS awareness
among OFWs and there families here.
     In the local level, congress should mandate the
inclusion of AIDS prevention education in all bargaining
contract between management and union.
     It's Government decision to provide condoms and other
modern contraceptives to to couples who would prefer
to limit their number of children and avoid unplanned
pregnancies. This is an fair and sensible approach to
human development and population management.
     TUCP is also pushing for the inclusion of family
planning and reproductive health clinics and services
at the work place every bargaining contract between
union and management......
TUCP- Trade Union Congress of the Philippines
HIV   - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
AIDS- Acquired immune Deficiency Syndrome