HIV / AIDS POLICY OF THE NGO’S

 HIV /AIDS POLICY OF THE NGO’S




 

All people with HIV /AIDS have a common law and constitution right to privacy regarding their HIV /AIDS status. Accordingly there is no legal duty on an employee to disclose their HIV /AIDS status to the employer in delivering services.

  • No person may unfair discrimination against an employee or prospective employee on the basis of his or her HIV status.
  • No prospective employee may be required to undertake a HIV test in order to ascertain that member's status unless such testing is determined as justifiable by the labour court.
  • An employee is obligated to provide, as far as is responsible practicable, a minimizing the risk of Occupational infection with HIV. 
  • Everyone is obligated to ensure that all employees are entitled to certain basic standards of employment including a minimum number of sick  provided.
POLICY AIMS TO GUIDE THE NGO’S EMPLOYEES AND PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES AND EVERYONE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION ON HOW BEST TO MANAGE HIV/AIDS WITH THE ORGANIZATION.

  • Ensure non-discrimination between individuals with HIV infection and those affected and between HIV and AIDS and other life threatening conditions.
  • Create a safe and healthy working environment for all employees and members who utilize the organization’s facilities. 
  • Introduced educational awareness and prevention programmers to contain and prevent the spread of HIV. 
  • Manage, support and accommodate those individuals who are infected or affected by HIV /AIDS so that they may continue to work productively for as long as possible.
  • Ensure that no person discriminate against an employee or other member in the organization on the basis of his or her HIV status. 
  • Ensure that no person will be denied employment, treated unfairly dismissed on the basis of his or her HIV status. 
THE COLLEAGUE'S SITUATION RELATED TO HIV AND AIDS ARE GOVERNED BY THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES.

  • The principles of voluntarism, which acknowledge that the most effective form of referral is self referral. 
  • The principle confidentiality, which safeguids the details that employers reveal and include, the safeguarding of all records, the non-sharing of any information other than the Employee’s consent and that interviews be conducted in a place which is considered private. This information will not be part of the personal life.
  • The principle of neutrality, that the role and function of the HIV/AIDS counselor should not be trained by workforce issues pursued by management.
  • The principle of permanency, by means of a mutual agreed policy statement with guarantee the survival of the HIV/AIDS programmers.
AWARENESS, PREVENTION AND CARE PROGRAMMERS. 

  • Health promotion, prevention and care programmers. 
  • Appropriate prevention and management of STD's and TB (and other opportunistic infections).
  • Condoms promotion and distribution. 
  • Counseling on risk reduction. 

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