Retro Virals are provided for free to Peoples Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA's). Currently the government has reviewed laws affecting HIV/AIDS and came up with a report which recommended for changes in legislations in order to control and mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS. A Concept Paper on HIV/AIDS legislation awaits Stakeholders' meeting. Awareness and intervention programmes are organized at the community level in order to negate the spread ofHIV/AIDS. With regards to Malaria and Cholera, the Government is working with other partners to fight malaria. The campaign is aimed at encouraging people to use mosquito nets and clean the environment and areas where people live . The Government has recognised Cholera as one of the dangerous diseases. It conducts campaigns to educate all people without any discrimination to use clean and safe water. There are special programmes in mass media on how people should fight the diseases and there are plenty of drugs to be supplied, in areas affected with this disease. The biggest problem of Cholera is that the Dares Salaam City is not provided with sufficient and safe water. With a population of 4 million people the city is served with 18 million gallons of water, which is one fifth of the needs. More over the large population in the city has poor sanitary services. This makes the fight against the disease even more difficult. However poverty is the main cause of -- cholera and in the fight against malaria, because most people cannol: afford buying the simplest vector control accessories like mosquito nets and insecticides. The government is making efforts to enlarge its water supply, by encouraging investors, to invest in water sector. It also educates people to live in clean environment which surround them in order to eliminate these diseases. The government has also subsidised prices for the vector control accessories so as to enable common people to buy these, accessories. The Government has done a great deal to curb the shortage of Dr's (Medical Practitioners, nurses, medical assistant's and clinical officers) by paying for their training at the Public and Private Universities. The government has permitted private universities and higher learning institutions to train them. Upon completion of their studies they wi ll be given direct employment to areas where there is a shortage. 27

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