Tanzania: Mwinyi Tells Health Workers to Care for Elderly Persons

THE Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Hussein Mwinyi has warned health service providers against using discriminatory language while treating the older generation in the country.

Dr Mwinyi said this on Thursday evening during the opening of a two day stakeholders workshop organised by HelpAge International Tanzania emphasising that the use of bad language is a violation of their rights. "There are reports that there are some health service providers that stigmatise the elderly who seek treatment with statements like 'you are not sick, only old', such behaviour is unacceptable," he said.

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