Sunday 19 February 2017

RESEARCH == >> About 71 percent of women who use drugs have HIV

"Because my brother was using drugs, it was not hard to learn. After I turned 20 years old, I could not live without smoking, I do whatever I could to suffocate my thirsty provided iliyonipata, the results are crying with great suffering! I regret, "



It is part of the oral stimulation of the girl Diana James (23), who is living with the HIV virus (HIV) who is also a victim of drugs.


There are times when she was forced to sell her body for money as long as the affordability of drugs and require treatment for her own life at the time.


Sometimes, he was forced to steal money home to them and anyone forget something more threatened his life.


Reached step is incapacitated, his body has shadhoofika.


No longer able to sell her body in order to obtain drugs Rising prices due to the operation of the ongoing anti-drugs.


"Nimekonda, I am very weak, its ability to sell himself again ... .nimeharibika excessively. Nilichoamua is my turn to God I believe he has my last word. Him there is forgiveness, "says Diana.


It was not hard for him to learn using drugs from the environment he grew up.


However it has been working hard to stop, at least for now won but still there when he got strong desire of these drugs are routinely forced to seek out and was done then usually uses liquor as 'Loba', ideally the same thirst to finish.


Diana is not alone, there are many girls who find themselves in difficult times due to the use of drugs.


Because these drugs zimeshawazoea can no longer stop and instead are forced to do actions that will have imperiled their health for money and affordability needs of their bodies.


Another woman, Aisha Juma (28) is not the real name says five years may have passed since the transmission of AIDS.


He says the stress and peer groups are contributed to indulge in the use of these drugs which until now has not been able to stop.


"I can not sell themselves because I am suffering, and worst of the body has been weakened so am left to suffer," he said.


Doctor of Medicine and Senior Champion of Mental Health, National Hospital in Allied, Frank Masao says it is easier for the user to get the feeding drugs to HIV, other sexually transmitted diseases and susceptible to opportunistic infections.


Describing AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases in women, Dr. Sano said user do not have money to buy drugs are routinely forced to sell themselves to use any means, including his body, only to obtain drugs.


He says a person who uses drugs like Heroin and Cocaine are not readily available, it cost now to a woman who zimemzoea drugs.


"Players tend uses dice experienced 10 to 20 days, and at that moment one bestsellers dice Sh3,000 to 5,000. So you found uses 60,000 cash which sometimes fails. It reaches that point when you have to do anything to get money and then danger comes, "he said.


"Alternatives to the woman to get money is to sell her body, so begins the first traces are there," says Dr. Masao.


Citing statistics, Dr. Masao says a study they did in 2004, they found that people who use drugs by injection, HIV infection was 42 percent.


But the women of HIV infection was 62 percent.


"Looking at the figures at the beginning of year 2010, in our survey of Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam we found 51 percent of people who stabbed heroin the transmission of HIV, but among them women were 71 percent," he said.


He says in the survey also found that the prevalence of hepatitis C type was 83 percent.


Dr. Sano, who is also the Chairman of the Federation of Providers of Mental Health Tanzania (Mehata) says if the user does not get alcohol is often found 'Arosto' which is a strong desire to adhere to the pain in his body.


He notes that all drugs have 'arosto'ya its kind but the man Arosto of Heroin begins to yawn, from mucus, tears, diarrhea, loss of appetite, abdominal cramps, fear unnecessary, gets no sleep, hopping from one place he missed the peace and contain the excessive desire for alcohol.


She usually if someone found and the condition is compelled to seek medication. And at that time the only remedy is alcohol.


"Now when he wants the alcohol and nonexistent for women now tend to have ajiuze. That's where men are forced to steal uhalifun as daylight, looting, quack just for money. To find them you must have enough money, "he said.


He says the user becomes spends too much time looking for money for drugs and not to do development work.


He mentions that it is more area under consider- ation disease of the skin, Donda particularly in areas yojidunga tumors by the end of the day loses organs and others die if they do not find matibabu.Pia do not have time to eat because the money they are getting tend to use it to buy drugs, and that's why users of drugs weakening yao.Mhadhiri bodies of the University of Iringa, Jimson Mhagama says the only way to protect girls not sink to such drugs is a moral formation. "Tuwaepushe our children to take care of. As a parent you know your child will engage drunkard there now as we love our community, tuwalee accordingly, "he sema.Anashauri offer continuing education while stressing the government and other stakeholders to develop the war against drugs.