Acknowledgements -- Note to users -- List of acronyms -- Terminology -- Preface -- UNAIDS, Universal Postal Union,UNI Global Union and ILO launch global HIV prevention campaign -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- I. THE POSTAL SECTOR AND THE HIV AND AIDS EPIDEMIC -- 1.1 The impact of HIV and AIDS on the postal industry and its workers -- 1.2 The distribution and supply chain -- 1.3 Customers and the surrounding community -- 1.4 Stigmatization and discrimination -- II. TAKING ACTION IN THE POSTAL SECTOR -- 2.1 The legal and policy framework:an integrated strategy -- 2.2 Action at the workplaceor in the community -- 2.3 regional and national cooperation -- III. HOW CAN THE ILO, THE UPU, UNI AND UNAIDS DEVELOP POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES? -- 3.1 A step-by-step approach to formulating policiesand action programmes in the postal sector -- IV. THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE HIV RESPONSE WITHIM POSTAL SERVICES -- 4.1 Postal enterprises and the world economy -- 4.2 The role of postal businessesin HIV and AIDS responses -- 4.3 How can postal enterprises respond tothe HIV pandemic? -- 4.4 Public-private partnerships: a newpossibility for the postal sector -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: A workplace policy on HIV and AIDS:What it should cover -- Appendix 2: HIV treatment and care -- Appendix 3: Organizations involved in the prevention campaigns for the postal and logistics sectors.