Absence of policy makes addressing HIV/AIDS difficult

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The absence of an HIV/AIDS and TB policy for the workplace has proven to be a challenge in effectively tackling issues around stigma and discrimination in the courts, and by labour officers.

The situation is also reported to impact negatively on national productivity and effectiveness of the public and private sector organisations because dealing with sick employees is ambiguous.

The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs (MLHA), Pearl Matome said this when officiating at the ongoing Labour Sector Advisory Committee meeting on Monday.

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