An estimated 24.6 million people of working age have hiv, the virus that causes the deadly disease of aids, and by next year the global labor force will have lost as many as 68 million workers due to aids since the start of the epidemic, according to a new global report by the International labor organization Lrb Ilo Rrb published on Sunday.
Ilo estimates 24.6 million working age persons with hiv.