Government says HIV/AIDS remains the biggest human resource challenge to the nation.
Community Development and Social Services Minister Catherine Namugala says the
pandemic has negatively impacted on the civil service leading to loss of productivity.
Ms Namugala was speaking in Lusaka today when she launched her ministry’s HIV/AIDSÂ Â Information Centre.
She observed that government has not only been deprived of human resource but that
it has continued to spend huge somes of money on HIV/AIDS related losses.
Ms Namugala urged employees in the ministry to utilize the information centre and
empower themselves with the knowledge on how to protect themselves from the
pandemic.
She also encourged the members of satff to go for Voluntary Conselling and Testing
(VCT)Â adding that her ministry will bear the cost of Anti-Retroviral Therapy(ART)
for those who found to be HIV positive.
Ms Namugala said ministry’s employees working in the districts and provinces will also
benefit from the resource centre as plans are underway to link the centre via internet.
“Just Chicken” ankale chabe!! I’ll respect her appointment and leave her be ! Ulemu kuli ba minister!
Bravo Hon. Namugala,
A Chinese Proverb says ‘ a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step’ What is important is to begin. Other thing will follow by virtue of this ever changing society.