Tanzania stops health centres from providing HIV services because they ‘cater to homosexuals’
Tanzania has stopped up to 40 privately run clinics from providing HIV-related services because they “cater to homosexuals”.
Homosexual activity is illegal in the country and punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
The latest move taken by the government was in reaction to a belief that non-governmental centres were using HIV treatment as a cover to promote gay sex, said Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu. Mr Mwalimu added the government would expand HIV services in clinics it controlled.
A third of gay men in the country already live with HIV, according to official statistics.
The move is the latest in a series by the country to restrict the rights of LGBT people. Six months ago, the Government threatened to ban civic groups that were pro-LGBT and deemed harmful to the “culture of Tanzanians”. This threat followed a similar one made in 2016. Last year, it also suspended its Government HIV outreach programme because “homosexuality was illegal”.
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pete
February 18, 07:36A classic case of cutting off your face to spite your nose.
Simba
February 18, 08:51Can it get dumper?…. Abeg didn’t come to get depressed this morning
Delle
February 18, 09:18SMH. I’m done with these underdeveloped countries this ‘017
Khaleesi
February 18, 10:46The stupidity of some African countries is beyond normal human comprehension! It must be linked to an acestral curse sometime long ago! These fools don’t realise that a lot of these gay men also get with women and will continue the spread of the virus ****spits in disgust*****
Mandy
February 18, 12:28Like seriously! How do they not have the common sense to think that! Jeezuz!
ambivalentone
February 18, 13:27Don’t u mean bisexuals??
Mandy
February 18, 12:29Some acts of homophobia leave my jaw hanging open. Like seriously WTF. Who was so wicked, so lacking in humanity, to propose this to their government?
ambivalentone
February 18, 13:30Well, they might just as well shut the country down. Barbershops, beauty salons, reckless drivers…oh joy
Francis
February 18, 14:09When oyibo start rejecting people coming into their country with Tanzanian medical license, them go begin form its racism ???
Lorde
February 18, 18:46Seriously!!! But they are already mean t their own people
Z
February 18, 14:17And I thought Nigeria was the worst