Tanzania: Health Ministry Strongly Condemns Incidents of Child Abuse

Dar es Salaam — The Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children has strongly condemned incidents of child abuse following recent reports involving a school teacher abusing her house help and latter's six-month-old baby in Dodoma Region.

A statement, released to the media by the Information department had it that the ministry was saddened by reports that the six-month-old baby was being hidden in a cupboard for several months, while the baby's mother was subjected to constant abuse by her employer, who is said to be a teacher.

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