Last Change:
06/26/2025
The HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Act
Year: 2008
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Health
Link to external source:
https://elibrary.osg.go.tz/handle/123456789/1031#:~:text=An%20Act%20to%20provide%20for,to%20provide%20for%20related%20matters.
Description
Tanzania's HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Act, passed in 2008 (Act No. 28), aims to prevent, treat, care for, and control HIV/AIDS, promoting public health and safeguarding the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Selected provisions
Section 29 – Restriction of health practitioners to stigmatize or discriminate
Any health practitioner who deals with persons living with HIV and AIDS shall provide health services without any kind of stigma or discrimination.