Security recruitment: HIV status alone cannot disqualify applicants – Ghana AIDS Commission
Mr Mahama stressed that developments in medical science have significantly changed the HIV response and should influence employment and recruitment policies, including those of security agencies.
Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak says about 1,300 applicants in the recent security services recruitment exercise tested positive for HIV during mandatory medical screening.
Speaking on Joy FM’s Midday News on Wednesday, July 8, the Director of Policy Planning at the Ghana AIDS Commission, John Eliasu Mahama insisted that HIV status should not be used to deny employment except in very limited circumstances.
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