HIV/AIDS workplace policy development and implementation in public hospitals in Lilongwe, Malawi
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2020-04-21
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Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
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Introduction and background
HIV/AIDS is a global burden which has affected 77.3 million people worldwide and more than
half (34.4 million) of infected people have died since the start of the epidemic[1]. HIV/AIDS has negatively affected Malawi in such a way that 10.6 % of population aged between 15 -49 are infected [2].This is the age group which is economically productive and greatly contribute to countries economy. However, HIV related infections affect their productivity and leads to early retirement and untimely deaths. These effects increase organization‘s training and costs due to replacement of the HIV/AIDS infected employees who have died or retired on medical grounds. In order to reduce negative impact of HIV/AIDS, work place policy was introduced in organizations. However, Malawi‘s adoption of the policy is low as evidenced by results from a study conducted in 2011, which revealed that 38% of sampled private sector companies in Malawi had adopted HIV/AIDS policies whilst 62% had not yet adopted the policy
[3]. Therefore, this study sets out to explore factors affecting development and implementation of HIV/AIDS work place and policy.
Objectives
The main objective of the study is to explore factors that affect development and implementation of HIV/AIDS work place policy in public health facilities in Lilongwe. The specific objectives of the study are to examine personal and facility factors that affect development and implementation of HIV/AIDS workplace policy. The study will also examine challenges in the development and implementation of HIV work place policy.
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HIV/AIDS