Assessing alternatives in managing HIV positive officer candidates under training in the South African Navy

South Africa has the world's highest adult HIV infection rate in the world.Experts estimate that over 1 500 people are being infected with the HIV virus per day in South Africa.The virus is undoubtedly having a negative impact on the labour population of the country and will ultimately affect the productivity of South Africa.The Constitution of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996, firmly denounces any form of unfair discrimination.The White Paper on Defence charges the South African ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth (Act 108 0f 1996, Ch 2, sec 9(3)) Division: The naval term used to describe the organisational section in which a person works.In a bureaucratic sense, it is the division of labour in a specific section, headed up by the Divisional Officer (see DO). D.O.: Abbreviation for Divisional Officer.The naval term used to describe someone's superior/reporting supervisor.HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus.HIV is the internationally recognised virus that causes AIDS.HIV/AIDS: Term used in the research when both HIV and AIDS is indivisible to the findings. HIV Infection:To be infected with the HIV virus.Immunodeficiency: The inability of the human immune system to satisfactorily protect the body against infection.This results in an increased susceptibility to various cancers and opportunistic infections. Incubation Period:The time period between the infection and the symptoms or onset of the clinical signs of AIDS.Infectiousness: The relative ease with which a disease is transmitted.Low-Risk Blood Donor: A person who is at a low risk of carrying infectious agents in his/her blood.Department of Defence Instruction: Pers no 21/2000.2000.Policy principles for human resource management of SANDF members with specific reference to health status.Pretoria Department of Defence Instruction: Surgeon General 01/99.2001.The Management of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the DOD.Pretoria Department of Defence.2000.Impact of the Current Health Status of SANDF members on the Operational Capability, Availability of