HIV/AIDS workplace policy coming

By Margaret Kalekye/KNA ( Wednesday, March 02, 2005)

The Government is currently developing a HIV/Aids Workplace Policy for the Public Sector.

A Senior Assistant Director Directorate of Personnel Management Mrs. Mary Baaro, says the disease and subsequent deaths of public servants resulting from HIV/Aids has impacted negatively on the National Gross Domestic Product.

Mrs Baaro was speaking in Kisumu when she led members of her task force to meet various provincial heads.

She said the task force was out to collect views from stakeholders countrywide on the draft policy.

She said the policy aims at addressing the fundamental rights at work, particularly discrimination and stigmatization of workers and people living with the scourge.