Govt to test migrant workers for HIV/AIDS
Jul 12, 2004
THE Government is to put in place a mechanism to screen for HIV/AIDS on migrant workers who intend to go abroad
By Martin Kiiza
THE Government is to put in place a mechanism to screen for HIV/AIDS on migrant workers who intend to go abroad.
State minister for health Mike Mukula said this would regulate the out-flow of Uganda’s labour market in terms of quality.
He was speaking at the opening of a four-day migration and recruitment awareness conference for nurses at Hotel Africana recently.
The conference, organised by Connect Nursing Ltd (UK) and State House, aimed at sensitising nurses, health workers and other skilled personnel on job opportunities in Britain.
Mukula said the type of work abroad was too vigorous for people living with HIV/AIDS to handle.
He said to overcome any likely negative effects, the government would check the migrant workers to ensure the country’s reputation was not tarnished.
The director for labour in the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Clandius Olweny, said exportation of workers was a viable solution because the domestic market cannot absorb them.
On average, over 1,400 nurses and midwives qualify every year from the various institutions in the country.
Present at the seminar was the private secretary to the President in-charge of legal affairs Naava Nabagesera.
THE Government is to put in place a mechanism to screen for HIV/AIDS on migrant workers who intend to go abroad.
State minister for health Mike Mukula said this would regulate the out-flow of Uganda’s labour market in terms of quality.
He was speaking at the opening of a four-day migration and recruitment awareness conference for nurses at Hotel Africana recently.
The conference, organised by Connect Nursing Ltd (UK) and State House, aimed at sensitising nurses, health workers and other skilled personnel on job opportunities in Britain.
Mukula said the type of work abroad was too vigorous for people living with HIV/AIDS to handle.
He said to overcome any likely negative effects, the government would check the migrant workers to ensure the country’s reputation was not tarnished.
The director for labour in the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Clandius Olweny, said exportation of workers was a viable solution because the domestic market cannot absorb them.
On average, over 1,400 nurses and midwives qualify every year from the various institutions in the country.
Present at the seminar was the private secretary to the President in-charge of legal affairs Naava Nabagesera.