A Compulsory Research Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Award of Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB) of Mzumbe University
The research intended to examine the access to ARVS for the persons living with
HIV/AIDS in Tanzania: Legal and practical challenges. The research proves that
there were the challenges facing PLWHIV in the access to ARVS. Thus the
the research dealt with the critical analysis of the implementation and enforcement of
the law in access to ARVS for PLWHIV in Tanzania whereby the law is very clear
but the problem was implementation of the law in real life because there was still
discrimination, stigma for PLWHIV in Tanzania in the Access to ARVs not only that
but also there is practical challenges like cost, few professional, unequal distribution
of health facilities.
The study combines the use of library research and Field research collection tools and
methods. The field data include open-ended and close-ended Questionnaires and
unstructured Interviews technique through an interview guide to gather information.
Through library research including the review of various legal document includes,
report dissertation, statutes and textbooks.
The research presented, interpreted and analyzed data by using Qualitative making a
conclusion and recommendation, the researcher conducted that we should implement
the law for the protection of persons living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania in
recommending that sensitize the community on the availability of treatment and the
importance of adherence. This would help to educate and inform caregivers who
work as treatment buddies. Community sensitization could also help in reducing
discrimination, thereby encouraging more people to disclose. HIV status as stigma
reduced. Also, Train more adherence counsellors in order to support ARV users,
more staff should be trained specifically in counselling.
This would help to ensure that nurse do not have to double up as counsellors and enable adherence counselling to be scaled up countrywide. This would help in delivering quality adherence counselling and may also contribute to efforts to reduce the long waiting time.