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You have a right to get help if you are worried about your health.
These are the places to visit if you think you are pregnant, if you want advice on contraceptives and where to get them, if you have a reproductive health problem - that is, if something is itching or sore in your genitals or if you are worried about your fertility - if you are being abused, or are worried about drugs abuse or your HIV status. If you are infected with HIV or looking after someone who is then you can go to the following places for advice on living positively and to meet others who are living with the virus.
...you think you are pregnant
...you want information
about, and to receive, contraceptives
...you have a reproductive health problem
...you are a victim of sexual
abuse
...you or a friend have a problem
with drugs
...you are worried about
your HIV status
...you are infected with HIV
or looking after someone who is HIV positive
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If you think you are pregnant we recommend that you go (in this order) to:
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If
you want information about, and to receive, contraceptives
we recommend you go to:
All Government facilities
Marie Stopes
UMATI
Population Services International (PSI)
Private practitioners
Pharmacies - be aware that not all duka la dawa are proper
pharmacies. Duka la dawa baridi are just drug stores are not
certified pharmacies. It is recommended to get a professional
medical opinion first, rather than to go straight to a pharmacy
or duka la dawa baridi.
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If you have a reproductive health problem then we recommend you go to a government
hospital or private practitioners and ask to see a women's health specialist.
UMATI also provide counselling about infertility and counselling and treatment for STDs.
Marie Stopes can also help you.
If you are thinking of going straight to the pharmacy - be aware
that not all duka la dawa are proper pharmacies. Duka la dawa baridi
are just drug stores are not certified pharmacies. It is recommended
to get a professional medical opinion first, rather than to go straight to a pharmacy
or duka la dawa baridi.
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If you are a victim of sexual abuse we recommend that you report to the
nearest police station, however hard you find it to go and tell them. Incase
you have access to the main police stations in Dar es Salaam, Morogoro and
Coast Region, be aware that nowadays these have special gender desks to deal
with gender based violence cases whereby the responsible police officers
have been specially trained to respond to cases of sexual abuse and other
gender based violence cases. Alternatively, adult women could also seek help
from the House of Peace while adolescents and children may access such
service from the Dogo Dogo Centre or from PASADA. In Mwanza you could look
for Kuleana. Sharing your terrible experience will help others who have been
too scared to tell others what happened to them. ITV are concerned to raise
awareness of such abuse as is the Tanzania Women's Lawyer's Association
(TAWLA) in Dar.
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you or a friend have a problem with drugs we recommend
that you contact Sober Tanzania (Alcohol and Drugs
information Center), Save the Children, AMREF or
the Department of Psychiatry at Muhimbili Hospital.
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you are worried about your HIV status and would
like to go for voluntary counselling and testing
then ask in your nearest hospital or go to AMREF,
ANGAZA, TACAIDS, IDC or CCBRT. |
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you are infected with HIV or looking after someone
who is HIV positive then you might wish to turn
to the following for support: PASADA, WAMATA, AMREF,
CCBRT, TAWG, PEMWA, IDC or Shidepha+. |
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