Gives an impression that yu r single....right?

Here in the US, there are laws against discrimination due to HIV, but I'll tell you, even in the workplace, if people find out, people will indeed avoid you- they won't use the restroom you use, they won't use your phone, will don gloves if they have to work on your computer or desk, carrying small spray bottles of rubbing alcohol, Clorox wipes, etc. and will cross the office to avoid you- not everyone will, but quite a large number of people will. In addition, employers reserve the right to check your desk, locker, bags, handbags, - even your car when you park in their lot- and personal belonging when you walk into their facilities, so privacy is out-the-door, and when one person, regardless of the reason, starts to affect the dynamic of the business environment negatively, whether their fault or not, they will get "managed out" for a legally defensible reason eventually.

And that is in the office!

It seems that even when people know what science says (and many people don't know, or just don't trust the data) about transmission and exposure, people are still scared and feel unsure because it isn't yet curable- it's a BIG risk. As far as in the home, the home is a very personal place, where people don't want to feel scared or concerned. That's what I think this comes down to; if a family can't feel comfortable and secure in their own home, with a house-help or for whatever reason, especially when it comes to children, the relationship is broken beyond repair, and can't survive.

But at any rate, I would hope that a house-help breastfeeding the family's kid, or worse... (!) would end that relationship sooner, rather than someone having HIV. Maybe the solution is some ground-rules and a steady supply of Hydrogen Peroxide.

Best,

Hill

@kenyanlyrics, i know that for now u sound very right. and i dont think u have/ever had a house gal and experienced how this people reason. i think that its wrong to attend a cattle dip(munanda) meeting if u dont have a cow.

@kenyanlyrics, i know that for now u sound very right. and i dont think u have/ever had a house gal and experienced how this people reason. i think that its wrong to attend a cattle dip(munanda) meeting if u dont have a cow.

@kenyanlyrics, i know that for now u sound very right. and i dont think u have/ever had a house gal and experienced how this people reason. i think that its wrong to attend a cattle dip(munanda) meeting if u dont have a cow.

Actually in our house there's always been 2 or 3 househelps present at the same time. Chances are many of them have had HIV, but we've never bothered to find out, and I am yet to contract HIV from them. It's a non-issue guys

I have a friend whose 2 weeks old child caught TB. It took long to discover coz the lung collapsed etc.....Once the docs discovered it collapsed coz of TB, the did tests on members of the household and the house girl tested positive (for TB). To cut a long story short, it cost the family 6 million in medical care for the child.

The ideal situation would to take the housegirls for health tests and for them to get health certificates (just like it is a requirement by law for food handlers in public facilities.

And this is what @KenyaLyrics and crew are calling a non-issue! One might actually say that your friend was 'lucky'. If the kid belonged to 99% of Kenyans, he would have passed on because they definitely couldn't afford Kshs. 6 million. What I'm I saying? Heck, a majority of Kenyans can't afford 600,000/= or even 60,000/=. Come to think of it, half the population would have a challenge to raise 6,000/= on a moments notice - without affect their monthly budget.

@KenyaLyrics will probably say you can take the kid to a government hospital. If you don't want the pain of watching your kid on a hospital bench or being treated with pain killers for months on end, then this is a route you will try to avoid at all costs.

Very possible. Consider the age of the patient. 2 weeks old. At that age a baby would be most likely admitted even for a mere common cold. Now consider it is TB. The type of medical care needed. The period of the treatment. And have you heard of XDR-TB (Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis) or
(MDR-TB) Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis? You must be living under a rock.

@ spend.thrift that amount of money did not go to treating TB. This explains to you what happens when social services such as health care are commercialised and the service provider makes available the services needed or wanted by consumers at a price they are willing to pay for;this is self regulation.

Having Worked in the health sector ,i can tell you without contradicting myself that treating TB cannot cost 6M,even assuming that the kid needed life support etc.

But the good news in all of this is that the kid lived! :)