Policies / Policies from 2007

Policies from 2007

Policies with publication year 2007.

Guidelines for Paediatric HIV Testing and Counselling

Ministry of Health

Malawi2007HealthOther

These guidelines outline the required standards and process for HIV testing and counselling for infants and children. Key principles of the guidelines include right to testing and care, consent for HIV testing, right to age-appropriate HIV counselling, disclosure of HIV status to children, right to confidentiality, and sensitization and training.

Labour Act 11 of 2007

Ministry of Labour

Namibia2007LabourOther

This Act provides the necessary regulations relating to the health and safety of employees at work in Namibia. The Act covers the rights and duties of employers, welfare at the workplace, safety of machinery, and other general provisions.

National Policy on HIV/AIDS

Ministry of Health

Namibia2007HealthOther

This policy was designed by the Namibia Government as a response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The policy framework is based on five core strategies covering prevention of new infection, creating a supportive environment for the infected, high quality treatment for the infected, mitigating socioeconomic impact of the epidemic, and quality programme implementation across the country.

National Development Plan (NDP3) 2007/2008-2011/12

National Planning Commission

Namibia2007National DevelopmentOther

This plan is designed with the vision of making Namibia a prosperous industrialised country by 2030. The plan focuses on knowledge based economy and technology driven nation, competitive economy, productive and competitive human resources, quality of life, equality and social welfare, regional and international stability and integration, political stability, and environmental sustainability.

National Health-Care Waste Management Policy (NHCWMP)

Ministry of Health

Sierra Leone2007HealthPolicy

This policy provides the Standardised Operation Procedure as a safe means of disposing of the waste that is produced by healthcare interventions nationwide and includes healthcare associated waste generated within the patient�s home. It also provides prescriptive guidelines in the form of Standard Operating Procedures for safe handling, segregation, storage, collection, transportation and disposal of all waste generated within healthcare institutions in Sierra Leone.

The Diamond Cutting and Polishing Act, 2007

Ministry of Trade and Industry

Sierra Leone2007Trade, Industry And InvestmentOther

This is an Act to provide for the control of diamond cutting and polishing, the licensing of diamond cutters and polishers, to define the rights and duties of a licensee and for other related issues.

The Child Right Act, 2007

Ministry of Justice

Sierra Leone2007Human RightsOther

This is an Act to provide for the promotion of the rights of the child compatible with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20th November, 1989, and its Optional Protocols of 8th September, 2000; and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, and for other connected matters.

The Devolution of Estate Act, 2007

Ministry of Justice

Sierra Leone2007JusticeOther

This Act specifies the provisions for surviving spouses, children, parents, relatives and other dependants of testate and intestate persons and to provide for other connected issues.

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