The Ministry of Public Service and Human Capital Development is reviewing the Draft Public service workplace policy on HIV/AIDS and related diseases to align it to the current issues affecting the health of public servants.
The policy is meant to delve into issues faced by public servants who are infected by HIV/ AIDS and related diseases in the country with the aim of providing a clear framework of HIV/AIDS response.
Principal Secretary Ministry of Public service, Amos Gathecha, said this while officiating a validation workshop on public service workplace policy on HIV/ AIDS and related diseases at Machakos University on Tuesday.
Gathecha, said the review was necessary since there has been a major drawback to the public service workforce with approximately 36,260 public servants are living with HIV.
