Department of Defence Annual Report 2008-2009

| Department of Defence |
Question Yes No Details, if Yes
Has the department established (a) committee(s)
as contemplated in Part VI.E.5 (e) of Chapter
1 of the Public Service Regulations, 2001 If
so, please provide the names of the members
of the committee and the stakeholders that they
represent
Has the department reviewed its employment
policies and practices to ensure that these do
not unfairly discriminate agent employees on
the basis of their HIV-status If so, list the
employment policies/practices so reviewed
Has the department introduced measures
to protect HIV-positive employees or
those perceived to be HIV-positive from
discrimination If so, list the key elements of
these measures
Does the department encourage its employees
to undergo voluntary counselling and testing
If so, list the results that you have achieved
Has the department developed measures/
indicators to monitor and evaluate the impact
of its health programme If so, list these
measures/indicators
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x
x
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x
The Director HIV/Aids has re-instituted
Co-ordinating Committees in the six
Subprogrammes of the SAMHS
The committees focus on prevention and
promotion programmes
Changes to the DOD Policies with regard to
HIV/Aids are in process after a Court Order
The following policy and instruction documents
are in the process to be revised:
DOD Directive. Development of Department-
Level Policy in the Department of Defence
(DOD) regarding the Management of Human
Immunodeciency Virus and Acquired Immune
Deciency Syndrome Programme
DOD Instruction
Department of Defence (DOD) Instruction
on Development, Promulgation, Maintenance
and Management of the DOD Human
Immunodeciency Virus and Acquired Immune
Deciency Syndrome Programme
Joint Defence Publication
Policy, Process and Procedures for the
Development, Promulgation and Maintenance
of the DOD HIV/Aids Programme
The current DOD Instruction provides specic
guidelines in this regard, as well as processes to
be followed when such discrimination is found
or perceived
The revision of the policy documents will
address this matter even further
The Voluntary Testing and Counselling centres
have increased
All other military health facilities can perform
testing and counselling
The SAMHS encourage all members to undergo
voluntary testing and counselling and on 1
December 2008 during a successful Aids Day
Health Walk in Thaba Tshwane, 104 members
underwent voluntary testing and counselling
The DOD HIV/Aids Monitoring and
Evaluation SubProgramme was approved for
implementation in 2005
This plan includes monitoring and evaluation of
input, processes, output, outcomes and impact
through more than 200 established indicators
| Organisational Structure and Human Resources |
LABOUR RELATIONS
Table 10.42 Collective Agreements for the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009
Total Collective Agreements 0
171 Annual Report FY 2008 - 2009