Inclusive Education Practices and Their Impact on Student Engagement and Academic Achievement

Abstract

lentivirus (a member of the retrovirus family) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk. HIV infection in humans is considered pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Most untreated people infected with HIV-1 eventually develop AIDS. AIDS is one of the most serious, deadly diseases in human history. More than twenty five years after the first clinical evidence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome was reported, AIDS has become one of the most devastating diseases humankind has ever faced. Since the epidemic began, some 58 million people have been infected with the virus. HIV/AIDS has become the sixth-largest cause of death worldwide.

HIV/AIDS is a major threat to the world of work: it is affecting the most productive segment of the labour force and reducing earnings, and it is imposing huge costs on enterprises in all sectors through declining productivity, increasing labour costs and loss of skills and experience. In addition, HIV/AIDS is affecting fundamental rights at work, particularly with respect to discrimination and stigmatization aimed at workers and people living with and affected by HIV/ AIDS. The epidemic and its impact strike hardest at vulnerable groups including women and children, thereby increasing existing gender inequalities and exacerbating the problem of child labour. This is why the ILO is committed to making a strong statement through a code of practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work. It covers key principles, such as the recognition of HIV/AIDS as a workplace issue