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“Nilikunywa Kikombe cha Babu, bado nina virusi” - Kaaya.
Inatoka Uk. 1.
Babu’, aliporejea jijini nakwenda kupima hali yake, hakukuta
mabadiliko yoyote.
“Nilikwenda kupima baada
ya siku Saba zilizosemwa wenye VVU watapona, nilipima na
chakushangaza virusi viliendelea
kuonekana mwilini, na sijaacha
kunywa ARV, na nawaomba wenye kutumia dawa kutoacha,”
anasema Kaaya na kuongeza:
“Si sahihi kwa mtu kutupa dozi
ya ARV ambazo miaka ya nyuma
dozi ya mwezi mmoja watu iligharimu fedha nyingi-shilingi milioni
tatu! Sasa kama tunazipata bure, si
busara kuzitupa na mwenye kuziacha ajue anaamua juu ya hatma
ya maisha yake”.
Anasema, alikwenda Loliondo
na wenzangu 14 Machi 22 hadi 26
kwa lengo la kuwahimiza wanaotumia dawa wakiwamo WAVIU
kutoacha dawa zao za kupunguza
kasi ya virusi vya UKIMWI za
ARV baada ya kupata taarifa
kwamba wengi wameacha kuzitumia.
“Binafsi niliokota dozi ya
(dawa) ARV zikiwa zimeachwa
kwenye basi na taarifa kutoka
kwa wenzetu zilionyesha hali ni
mbaya kwani walioacha kuzitumia ni wengi, hivyo tulikwenda
Loliondo kuwahimiza kutoacha,
jambo lililokuwa gumu sana
kupokelewa nao”.
Kaaya ambaye ameishi
na VVU kwa miaka 18 sasa,
amesema hali ilikuwa mbaya
zaidi walipotaka kutoa elimu ya
kuwahimiza watu hasa WAVIU
kutoacha kutumia ARV zao baada
ya kunywa kikombe cha dawa ya
Mchungaji Mwaisapile.
Anasema licha ya kushutumiwa na wenzao waliowakuta Loliondo, walitishiwa kupigwa kwa
madai kwamba walikuwa na
imani ya kupona magonjwa yao
yaliyowapeleka kunywa dawa
hiyo na hivyo hakukuwa na haja
ya kuendelea kunywa dawa za
ARVs walizokuwa wakitumia.
Anasema kutokana na kuamini
kuna nguvu ya tiba ya dawa ya mti
wa Mugariga unaochemshwa na
kutolewa na Mchungaji Mwaisapile, watu wengi wakiwamo WAVIU wameacha kutumia dawa walizokuwa wakitumia kwa kuamini
wameponywa magonjwa yao.
Hata hivyo, pamoja na wengi
wanaokwenda kunywa kikombe
cha Babu kutotaka kuhusisha
unywaji wa daya hiyo na kuwa
na maambukizi ya VVU, anasema
uzoefu wa miaka mingi alionao
wa kuchangamana na WAVIU,
alibaini wengi walikuwa na virusi isipokuwa walihofia kujiweka
wazi. Kaaya anasema katika siku
hizo nne za ‘hija ya Loliondo’, alishuhudia watu 11 waofariki dunia
kutokana na uchovu wa safari na
ubovu wa miundombinu na wengine kulazimika kuzikwa huko
huko.
“Tuliona maiti 11, wengi wanaweza kufa kutokana na uchovu
wa safari na wengine walikwenda
wakiwa wagonjwa taabani, ndugu
wengine walikuwa wakiwapeleka
wagonjwa waliokuwa wamelazwa hospitalini na kuacha dripu
walizokuwa wametungikiwa,”
anasema.
Akizungumzia hali hiyo, Kaaya
anasema suala la tiba ya Loliondo
lilichochewa sana na kauli zenye
kugongana zilizotolewa na viongozi mbalimbali wakiwamo wanasiasa, hali inayowafanya watu
kukosa mwelekeo sahihi.
“Ningependa kuwaomba viongozi hasa wanasiasa kuacha
kuzungumzia masuala ya kitaalamu kisiasa. Hali ni mbaya
na watu wanaokufa kwa kuacha
kutumia dawa ni wengi, Serikali
inapaswa kulifanyia kazi suala hilo
kabla maafa zaidi hayajatokea,”
anashauri Kaaya.
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Sicharwe
Futures Group International teams up with TACAIDS to prevent stigma
from pg. 1.
2
didn’t have immediate solution
by then…AIDS was simply seen
as death sentence,” Dr Kalinga
recalled, justifying the historical
background of stigma.
He said, few years later, between 1900s and early 2000, the
nation embarked on maintenance
phase, whereby considerable steps
in the campaign against AIDS
were recorded. It is during this
period whereby various strategies
were designed to guide the nation’s
drive against the pandemic.
Another senior TACAIDS,
Hashim Kalinga--Civil & Private
Sector Response Officer, National
Response underlined the need of
eliminating stigma and discrimination now and not tomorrow
because they had adverse effects
to the nation’s wellbeing.
He said, fear of being stigmatised by others also discourages
people living with HIV from disclosing their HIV status thereby
undermining their ability to adhere
to treatment.
HIV-related discrimination, a
Dr. Raphael Kalinga (standing) from TACAIDS stressing a point on how to
bring stigma to an end.
human rights violation, he said,
is usually founded in stigmatising
attitudes and beliefs about populations, behaviours, practices, sex,
illness and death.
He added that HIV-related stigma and other types of stigma underpin many of the punitive laws,
policies, and practices blocking effective AIDS responses. Tanzania
is ambitious to get to “zero” stigma
and discrimination by 2015.
According to Kessy Mgonela,
State Attorney in the Ministry
of Health and Social Welfare
(MoHSW), the ministry reviewed
the 1990 Health Policy and came
up with the national health policy,
2007 To prevent and control infectious diseases including HIV/
AIDS in 2008, the Ministry passed
the HIV and AIDS Control Act
2008 (HAPCA).The Act was
passed by the National Assembly
on 1st February 2008, assented
by H.E the President on 4th April
2008 and commenced on the 1st
day of January 2009.
“The Act intends to prevent
and control the spread of HIV and
AIDS, combat stigma and discrimination, provides rights and duties
of persons living with HIV/AIDS
and the like,” said Mgonela.
On his part, Gregory Kamugisha from Futures Group International said that over the years,
the nation witnessed manifestations of stigma in a variety of ways
such at places of worship, educational institutions, at homes, work
places, PLHIV accessing general
healthcare, at care and treatment
centers, by being an orphan, dual
stigma by people with disabilities
who also live with HIV, and even
in policy decisions such as setting
public priorities.
“We have had some best practices in response to address S&D,
both by the Government of Tanzania departments and civil societies,
and its positive impacts such as
scaling up VCT services, seeking
and adhering to care and treatment
services, some voices of PLHIV
to demand deserved rights, some
clusters of PLHIV networks being recognized and integrated in
local District Council plans,” he
noted.
SOURCE: AIDS WEEK
UNAIDS welcomes new UN Security Council resolution
on HIV and preventing sexual violence in conflict
T
he Joint United Nations Programme
on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomes a
new United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution on
HIV which has been adopted
at the UN Security Council in
New York.
The resolution calls for increased efforts by UN Member
States to address HIV in peacekeeping missions. It also calls for
HIV prevention efforts among
uniformed services to be aligned
with efforts to end sexual violence
in conflict and post-conflict settings.
“The Security Council has
made major strides in addressing
sexual violence in conflict. But
rape is still a weapon of choice.
This is an atrocious human rights
violation and a public health
threat,” said United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. “I urge
all Member States to link efforts to
combat HIV with our campaigns
against sexual violence and for the
rights of women.”
The resolution builds on the
previous UN Security Council
resolution 1308, which was adopted in 2000. The new resolution calls on the United Nations
and UN Member States to bolster
global and regional partnerships
and integrate comprehensive HIV
programmes into efforts to prevent
conflict, ensure security and build
peace.
“Global, national and personal
Executive Director of UNAIDS Michel Sidibe’ (at the Centre)
insecurity undermine efforts to
prevent new HIV infections and
increase access to HIV services for
both peacekeepers and civilians,”
said the President of Gabon, Ali
Bongo Ondimba. “This resolution
will help to mitigate the impact of
HIV among uniformed services
and civilian populations affected
by conflict and increase access to
HIV services.”
The resolution, which was
tabled by Gabon, President of the
Security Council for June 2011,
recognises that HIV can have a
uniquely devastating impact on all
sectors and levels of society and
that in conflict and post-conflict
situations these impacts may be
felt more profoundly.
It also recognizes that conditions of violence and instability
in conflict and post-conflict situations can exacerbate the spread
of HIV because of displacement,
conflict-related sexual violence
and reduced access to HIV services.
Since the adoption of resolution
1308 in 2000, progress has been
made in addressing HIV and security. About 60% of UN Member
States have integrated HIV programmes for military, police and
other uniformed personnel. However the quality of programmes
is variable and resources to fund
the programmes are often insufficient.
“Peacekeepers can play a leading role in HIV prevention as they
secure peace around the world,”
said Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS. “Uniformed
personnel can act as agents of
positive change, particularly in
relation to preventing sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict
situations.”
Evidence shows that the threat
AIDS poses to peace and security
is far more nuanced than initially
thought. Both the characteristics
of conflict and the epidemic itself
have evolved significantly over the
past 10 years with sexual violence
being increasingly used as a tactic
of war.
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ANAUME 913
walio na umri
wa kuanzia miaka 10, wamejitokeza kufanyiwa tohara katika
Hospitali ya Mkoa ya Kitete
kuanzia Februari 15, mwaka
huu, imefahamika.
Mganga Mkuu wa Hospitali
hiyo, Dk. Leslie Mhina aliyasema
hayo alipozungumza na waandishi
wa habari mkoani humo kuhusu
mwitikio wa watu wa kupatiwa
huduma hiyo kwa hiyari.
Tabora ni miongoni mwa
mikoa ambayo serikali imeamua
kuwafanyia tohara wanaume
kwa hiari ikiwa ni njia mojawapo
ya kukijinga na maambukizi ya
Ukimwi ambayo utafiti unaonye-
sha wanaume waliotahiriwa wana
uwezekano mkubwa wa kuepuka
maambukizi ya virusi.
Dk. Mhina alisema baadhi
ya wanaume wanaofika kupata
huduma hiyo wameona umuhimu
wa tohara ndiyo maana wamejitokeza kwa wingi kwa ajili ya kupata huduma hiyo. Alisema, licha
ya kituo hicho cha Kitete kutoa
Addressing this requires broadening and strengthening of HIV
programmes for peacekeepers to
ensure an effective response to
HIV and sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings.
“Renewed commitment around
the new agenda is needed to ensure
that the AIDS response effectively
contributes to all UN peacekeeping
efforts to ensure security and promote and build peace,” said Alain
Le Roy, Under-Secretary General
for United Nations Peacekeeping
Operations.
During the UN Security Council session, both the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Kimoon and the Executive Director
of UNAIDS paid tribute to the
late US Ambassador to the United
Nations, Richard Holbrooke, for
championing resolution 1308.
In 2000, Ambassador Holbrook
said, “Resolution 1308 should be
well known and it should be fully
implemented. It should not be the
end of the process, but only a cornerstone for the future.”
Reinvigorated efforts around
a new HIV security agenda will
be instrumental in addressing the
impact of AIDS on peace and security. UNAIDS will work with
member states to scale-up access
to HIV prevention, treatment, care
and support for all uniformed services, including police, immigration, prison and the navy, to prevent HIV and end violence against
women and girls.
Source: unaids, Dare s salaam
huduma hiyo kwa watu waliopo
kwenye manispaa na vitongoji
vya Wilaya ya Uyui, inatolewa pia
kwa wananchi wanaotoka maeneo
mengine. Alisema, lengo la mkoa
ni kuwafikia wanaume zaidi ya
500,000 ambao watapatiwe huduma hiyo. Alisema wanaendelea
kutoa mafunzo kwa wataalamu
juu ya utoaji wa huduma hiyo katika Hospitali ya Kitete.
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Asasi nne kushuhgulikia UKIMWI
katika mazingira hatarishi
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SASI nne zisizo
za Kiserikali za
Mkoa wa Tanga
zimeingia mkataba rasmi wa kutekeleza
mradi wa mpango wa UHAICT wa utoaji wa ushauri nasaha na upimaji wa virusi vya
UKIMWI katika jamii kwa
makundi yaliyo katika mazingira hatarishi.
Mpango huo unaendeshwa
chini ya usimamizi wa shirika
la misaada la Marekani USAID
chini ya mfuko wa Rais wa
Marekani ambapo limetoa kiasi
cha sh 250 milioni zitakazotumiwa na asasi hizo kwa katika kipindi cha mwaka mmoja
wa mradi.
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itakayoendesha mradi huo
katika Wilaya za Handeni
na Kilindi,Shidepher+yenye
makao yake Wilayani Muheza ambako itatekeleza mradi
huo,Tayodea itakayofanya kazi
Lushoto na Mkinga pamoja na
Tanga Aids Working Group itakayokuwa jijini Tanga.
Akizungumza na mwandishi wa habari hizi mara baada
ya kuzinduliwa kwa mradi huo
kwa mkoa wa Tanga,Kiongozi
mkuu,Hally Mahler alizipongeza asasi hizo kwa kufanikiwa
kuendesha mradi huo mara
baada ya kukidhi vigezo na
akaeleza matumaini yake kuwa
kazi zitafanyika kama zilivyopangwa.
“Nazipongeza hizo asasi
nne zilizoshinda kwa vigezo
na kufanikiwa, tumezifuatilia
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2004
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gender inequalities.
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usahuri nasaha na upimaji wa virusi vya ukimwi kwenye jamii kwa
lNational VCT campaign spearmakundi yaliyo katika mazingira hatarishi unaofadhiliwa na USAID,
headed by the Head of State
mradi utakaoendeshwa kwa kipindi cha mwaka mmoja.
pia alisimamia zoezi la utiaji
has inceased uptake to 37%
saini wa mikataba hiyo.
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get is 17% of the total HIV and
kuzindua alitoa rai kwa asasi
AIDS budget (PER 2007)
hizo kwenda kutoa huduma
za ushauri nasaha wa hiari wa
VVU kwa uadilifu mkubwa ili
wananchi waweze kuwaamini
na kujitokeza kwa wingi kwa Editorial Board
lengo la kufanikisha zozei Chairman:
zima. “Tunatumaini kuwagundua watu ambao pengine Adolph S. Kivamwo
kwa sasa hawajui hali yao ya Editor-in Chief:
maambukizi ya VVU, hivyo Charles M. Kayoka
tutawasaidia waelewe umMratibu wa shirika la
Shdepher+Wilaya ya Muheza,
uhimu wa kupima na kujua Editor
Mariam Kamote akisaini
kama wanaishi na VVU au Perege Gumbo
mkataba wa kuendesha mradi
la”alisema Ole Kuyan.
wa utoaji wa usahuri nasaha na
Copy Editor:
Alisema siku hizi kuishi na
upimaji wa virusi vya ukimwi
kwenye jamii kwa makundi
VVU siyo kama ilivyokuwa George Nyembela
yaliyo katika mazingira kutoka
zamani, kwani kuna dawa za Type-setting
kwa Katibu Tawala wa Mkoa wa
kupunguza makali ya Virusi Irene Kimambo
Tanga, Benedickt Ole Kuyan.
vinavyosababisha UKIMWI
waende pia kwenye makundi na huduma nyingine mbal- Journalists
hatarish”alisema Hally.
imbali hivyo kupima siyo tu Joyce Magoti
Uzinduzi wa mradi huo uli- kutawawezesha kufahamu Benedict Sichalwe
fanyika katika ofisi ya Mkuu wa juu ya hali zao na uambukizi
Mkoa wa Tanga ambapo,Katibu wa VVU, bali pia kunaweza
Tawala,Bebedict Ole Kuyan kuokoa maisha.
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alikuwa mgeni rasmi ambaye
Yakub - Tanga
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Administration of ARVs in Same hits snag
T
he administration of
anti-retroviral drugs
(ARVs) for people
living with HIV/
Aids in Same District has been
frustrated by some patients who
have reportedly stopped taking
them due to unknown reasons.
HIV/Aids zonal coordinator
for the Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric
Aids Foundation (EGPAF) Dr Andrew Gwaja revealed this recently
during the launch of a Voluntary
Counselling and Testing (VCT)
centre in Same district.
He said already the foundation
had managed to help some patients
resume their ARV dosage and start
attending clinics for routine check
ups as required for patients living
with the disease.
Dr Gwaja said EGPAF had
It is our hope that the education
to be provided here will enhance
efforts to stop new infections,
encourage people to undertake
voluntary testing and counselling
as well as guiding those living
with the virus on the proper
administration of the drug
been collaborating with other
stakeholders in advocating prevention of new infections, particularly
those from mother to child.
He called on men to help in supporting women to regularly attend
to health clinics as an important
step towards achieving good results in preventing mother to child
HIV/Aids transmission.
Opening the VTC centre, Same
district commissioner Ibrahim
Marwa said the inauguration of
the clinic would enhance efforts
to give education to the people in
the area on the problem, especially
how best HIV/Aids patients could
be taken care of.
“It is our hope that the education
to be provided here will enhance
efforts to stop new infections, encourage people to undertake voluntary testing and counselling as
well as guiding those living with
the virus on the proper administration of the drug,” said Marwa.
The centre was constructed
by the US government through
the Centre for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC). So far
the centre has provided services
to 279 children and 1,330 HIV/
Aids patients.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
TAF yawataka wanachama kuwajibika
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UKWAA la Asasi za
UKIMWI Tanzania (TAF) linalojumuisha Mashirika
mbalimbali kwenye sekta
ya VVU na UKIMWI, limeanzisha mfumo wa ufuatiliaji
wa uwajibikaji wa kijamii ili
kuwawezesha wanachama
wake kusimamia mipango
na utekelezaji wa sera katika
sekta za UKIMWI kwa lengo
la kukuza uwajibikaji.
Kauli hiyo ilitolewa hivi
karibuni na Mwenyekiti wa
TAF Irenei Kiria wakati wa
mkutano mkuu wa mwaka
2011 uliojadili na kupitisha
shughuli mbalimbali za TAF
na kuwasilisha mkakati wake
wa mwaka 2011-2015, sera ya
fedha,mwongozo wa raslimali
watu na mkataba wa makubaliano.
Kiria alisema kuwa, ufuatiliaji wa uwajibikaji wa kijamii
ni mfumo utakaochunguza mipango na mgao wa raslimali za
umma na kuonesha jinsi rasli-
TAF inatarajia kufanya utetezi
wa pamoja na wenye ufanisi
miongoni mwa wanawake
ili kuleta michakato ya sera
ambayo itafanikiwa katika
vita dhidi ya VVU na UKIMWI
nchini
mali hizo zitakavyotumika kwa
ufasaha pamoja na kuchunguza
ufanisi wa watoa huduma katika kuzitumia raslimali hizo ili
kutoa huduma bora na kufikia
malengo yaliyokusudiwa.
“Mfumo huo pia utaangalia
iwapo vyombo vya usimamizi vipo kwa ajili ya kuzuia
matumizi mabaya ya raslimali
za umma na iwapo kunahatua
za marekebisho zinafanyika
ili kuadhibu wanaofanya
matumizi mabaya,” alisema
Kiria.
Alisema kuwa, mchakato
huo pia unaweza kutumiwa
na Mashirika yanayofanya
kazi katika sekta za VVU na
UKIMWI na kukuza uwajibikaji miongoni mwa watumiaji wa raslimali za umma
kama vile fedha za walipa
kodi na kuhakikisha sera zinazotungwa kwenye sekta hiyo
zinatekelezeka na kusaidia
kuzuia matumizi mabaya ya
raslimali za umma.
Katika majadiliano mbalimbali yaliyoendelea katika
Jukwaa hilo, Jukwaa lilisisitiza
kwamba kama chombo cha
uratibu na utandawazi dhumuni
lake ni kuwawezesha wanach-
ama wake kufanya kazi pamoja
na kufanya kazi ambazo zinalenga kuboresha michakato ya
bajeti na sera katika sekta ya
VVU na UKIMWI Tanzania
na siyo kutekeleza shughuli za
Asasi na wanachama wake.
Jukwaa lilijadili kuwa,
wakati kazi ya utekelezaji ni ya
wanachama, TAF itawasaidia
kusambaza taarifa na kuimarisha uwezo wa wanachama
katika kushiriki michakato ya
sera, pamoja na kurahisisha
mawasiliano miongoni mwa
wanachama na kufanya maamuzi ya masuala muhimu kwa
watu na vikundi vinavyojishughulisha na mchakato wa
sera katika sekta ya VVU na
UKIMWI.
“TAF inatarajia kufanya
utetezi wa pamoja na wenye
ufanisi miongoni mwa wanawake ili kuleta michakato ya
sera ambayo itafanikiwa katika
vita dhidi ya VVU na UKIMWI nchini,’ alisema Kiria.
CHANZO: AIDS WEEK, Joyce
Magoti
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Govt concerned over
use of HIV self-test kits
T
he government is concerned
about a rise in the number of
dealers in HIV/Aids self-test
kits, saying they are being sold
to users who are not counselled first. The
Citizen has established that a number of
drugstores are selling the kits and people
are streaming to buy them.
However, the Minister for Health and Social
Welfare, Dr Haji Mponda said that the government regarded the kits just like those used
to test malaria and pregnancy, only that there
were being used without prior counselling as
a procedure for HIV/AIDS testing.
The government said although the law was
not discouraging the dealers to procure and sell
them to dispensaries and voluntary and counselling testing (VCT) centres, it feared that if
no counselling was done before testing, some
people might take wrong decisions after realising that they were infected with the virus.
“We have discouraged the use of these kits
because we are not sure if people go through
any counselling before testing, and you may
end seeing people committing suicides after
the results,” he cautioned. Dr Mponda said the
kits should be sold in bulk to dispensaries and
VCT centres where those screened could be
told how to cope with the situation when they
are found with the virus.
“Even the Medical Stores Department has
clearly stated they be sold at dispensaries and
VCT centres… and the government believes
it is unlawful to sell these kits to individuals,”
he noted. The kits are not hundred per cent accurate of one’s HIV/AIDS status thus it would
Some of World known HIV self-test kits
require someone to go for two more tests to be
satisfied. “Some get contented once they have
tested negative with the kits, simply because
they cannot be used more than once,” he clarified. Such kits have been used in various VCT
centres like Angaza. After testing, all blood
samples are taken to the Muhimbili National
Hospital for further screening.
The kits referred to as rapid HIV card tests
are manufactured by Premier Medical Corporation of India and are sold at between Sh4,000
and Sh5,000 each. A chemist, with a Nakiete
outlet, Mr Albinius Kadete, said the government had only authorised two chemists to sell
First man ‘functionally cured’ of HIV
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ince HIV was discovered 30 years
ago this week, 30
million people have
died from the disease, and
it continues to spread at the
rate of 7,000 people per day
globally, the UN says.
There’s not much good news
when it comes to this devastating
virus. But that is perhaps why the
story of the man scientists call the
“Berlin patient” is so remarkable
and has generated so much excitement among the HIV advocacy community. Timothy Ray
Brown suffered from both leukemia and HIV when he received
a bone marrow stem cell transplant in Berlin, Germany in 2007.
The transplant came from a man
who was immune to HIV, which
the kits. According to Mr Kadete, Nakiete has
been selling the product for the past five months
and people had been rushing to buy them.
Apart from the rapid HIV card test, Nakiete
also sells malaria testing, known as Malaria
Antigen Detection Tests, also manufactured
by the Indian company.
The two products come with manuals and
are easy for customers to use, according to Mr
Kadete. “Such positive responses have compelled us to order more consignments.”Nakiete
imports the kits in bulk and has a consignment
of more than 150 kits waiting clearance at the
Dar es Salaam port. But Dr Subilaga Kasesela,
an official with the Tanzania Commission for
AIDS, maintains that the government has not
recommended the sale and distribution of such
kits. “We work under the directives of the ministry of Health. I’m not aware of such kits and
after all we have not been told anything about
such kits,” she said. Dr Kasesela said the government had only recommended the use of
VCT centres’ services.
“Who would counsel you if you are testing
yourself…such tests require some thorough
counselling,” she insisted. The official could
not rule out the prospects of making profit
among dealers of such kits. However, some
HIV/AIDS activists call the kits “suicidal” as
some people can commit suicide upon realising
that they have HIV. Mr John Lutengano from
Tanzania AIDS Watch urged the government
to immediately outlaw the sale of such kits
over the counter.
“When you go for VCT, the result goes
to a database, unlike when you do it singlehandedly inside your room. Some people may
commit suicide,” he said. “I don’t believe in
these things. I think some smart guys have
manufactured them to make profits. I don’t
think even the government allows them,” said
Mr Lutengano.
scientists say about 1 percent of
Caucasians are. (According to
San Francisco’s CBS affiliate, the
trait may be passed down from
ancestors who became immune
to the plague centuries ago. It was
more likely passed down from
people who became immune to
a smallpox-like disease.)
What happened next has
stunned the dozens of scientists
SOURCE: The Citizen
who are closely monitoring
Brown: His HIV went away.
“He has no replicating virus
and he isn’t taking any medication. And he will now probably
never have any problems with
HIV,” his doctor Gero Huetter
told Reuters. Brown now lives
in the Bay Area, and suffers from
some mild neurological difficulties after the operation. “It makes
me very happy,” he says of the
incredible cure.
SOURCE: Reuters
Baadhi ya wanaotumia ARVs
hawawezi kuambukiza VVU-UTAFITI
U
TAFITI kuhusu
tiba ya kukabiliana na makali
ya virusi vya
Ukimwi (VVU), umebaini
kuwepo kwa watumiaji wa
dawa hizo, ambao hawawezi
kuambukiza virusi hivyo kwa
watu wengine.
Kwa mujibu wa Chama cha
Kimataifa cha Ukimwi (IAS),
hatua hiyo inaonesha mafanikio katika safari ya kutafuta
tiba ya ugonjwa huo ambao
umeendelea kuua watu wengi
duniani.
Akikaririwa na Shirika
la Utangazaji la Uingereza
(BBC), Mkuu wa IAS, Bertrand
Audoin, alisema kazi iliyopo ni
kutafuta tiba ya kufanya virusi
viwe butu mwili, visimdhuru
muathirika na visiambukize
watu wasio na virusi.
Audoin anakiri kwamba,
inaweza kuchukua hata miaka
25, lakini anasema tiba ndiyo
njia pekee ya kukabiliana na
maambukizi ya VVU kwa muda
mrefu wakati huu wa matatizo
ya kifedha duniani. “Ni wakati
muafaka sasa – kimtazamo
wa kisayansi na kifedha - kuwekeza muda na fedha zaidi
katika kufanya utafiti wa tiba.
Tayari kuna ugunduzi fulani
I
meelezwa kuwa maambukizi mapya ya Virusi
vya UKIMWI (VVU)
yanazidi kuongezeka
katika mikoa ya Kusini Lindi
na Mtwara na kuwa wakazi
wa mikoa hiyo hawachukui
hatua za dhati kujikinga,
badala yake wamekuwa wakiendeleza ngono zembe.
Wakizungumza katika
mkutano wa 11 wa wadau wa
kupambana na UKIMWI kutoka mashirika mbalimbali,
uliofanyika katika ukumbi wa
wa kisayansi katika eneo hilo.
Tunajua kwamba baadhi ya
watu wanaoendelea na matiba-
Audoin alipata kuongoza
Shirika la Kupambana na
Ukimwi la Ufaransa lililojuli-
Itaweza kuchukua miaka 25
kabla ya kupata tiba – na ugumu
utakuwa katika kushawishi nchi
wahisani na mashirika mengine
ya misaada kuwekeza fedha
katika utafiti huo.Lakini tusipowekeza katika sayansi, maambukizi yataendelea kwa kasi kuliko kazi tunayoifanya – na hali
ya kifedha itasababisha ugumu
zaidi katika kutibu watu.
bu ya VVU wanaweza kuwa na
virusi, lakini wasiweze kuambukiza wengine sasa. Hivyo,
tunadhani kazi zaidi itasaidia
kupata tiba, ambayo sasa itaruhusu virusi kuwa butu mwilini, bila mtu kuhisi anaumwa au
kuhitaji matibabu. Hilo ndilo
lengo hasa. alisema”
Baadhi ya wataalamu
wameonya kwamba kuzungumzia tiba kunaweza kusababisha matumaini potofu na
badala yake ni vema kutafuta
chanjo yake.
kana kama Sidaction, kabla ya
kuongoza IAS – shirika lenye
wataalamu na wanaharakati
18,000. Alisema: “Kwa sasa,
kwa kila mtu anayeanza matibabu katika nchi zilizoathirika
sana katika Afrika, watu wawili
wanaambukizwa VVU wakati
huo.” Hivyo matibabu kwa vidonge vya kurefusha maisha
– ARVs - si suluhisho pekee
la muda mrefu.
“Itaweza kuchukua miaka 25 kabla ya kupata tiba
– na ugumu utakuwa katika
kushawishi nchi wahisani na
mashirika mengine ya misaada
kuwekeza fedha katika utafiti
huo.Lakini tusipowekeza
katika sayansi, maambukizi
yataendelea kwa kasi kuliko
kazi tunayoifanya – na hali ya
kifedha itasababisha ugumu
zaidi katika kutibu watu.”
IAS imekutanisha kikosikazi cha watafiti wa kimataifa
ili kuja na mkakati ambao unaweza kupata tiba. Inatarajia
kuwasilisha rasimu ya taarifa
yake mwishoni mwa mwaka
huu.
Kikosi hicho kinaongozwa
kwa pamoja na Profesa Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, ambaye
ni mshindi wa Nishani ya Nobel ya mwaka 2008 kwa ugunduzi wa VVU.
Mtaalamu wa magonjwa yatokanayo na virusi wa Chuo
Kikuu cha London, Profesa
Robin Weiss, alisema: “Sitaki
kuamini kwamba mnaweza
kuponya maambukizi ya VVU,
lakini mnaweza kupunguza
kiwango kilichoko mwilini.
Mimi ningependa kuona chanjo
ili tuweze kuzuia watu kuambukizwa kwanza. Lakini bado
tuna safari ndefu ya kupata tiba
ya VVU.”
CHANZO: NET
Maambukizi ya UKIMWI
yaongezeka mikoa ya Kusini
Oceanic Hotel katika Manispaa
ya Lindi hivi karibuni, wadau
hao walisema jamii inatakiwa
ikubali kubadilika na kuacha
tabia ya kufanya ngono zembe.
Akizungumza kwa niaba
ya washiriki hao, Mussa Machenza alisema kutokana na
maambukizi mapya ya Virusi
Vya UKIMWI (VVU) kuzidi
kuongezeka katika mikoa ya
Lindi na Mtwara, ni vyema
wadau wakatafuta njia ya kupunguza maambukizi ya ugonjwa huo. Naye Humphredas
Kitundu alisema katika Mkoa
wa Mtwara maambukizi mapya
yanaongezeka sana kwa sababu
watu hawako tayari kubadilika
na kuachana ngono zembe na
kwamba watu wengi wanaishi
na VVU.
Alisema katika Halmashauri
ya Lindi vijijini maambukizi
yamekuwa yakiongezeka pia na
kwamba wamebaini kwa kuwa
madaktari wamekuwa wakichukua vipimo wakati wagonjwa
wakienda kupima malaria.
CHANZO: Mwananchi
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