A study in nine districts of Uganda by the International Community of Women with HIV in East Africa (ICWEA) found 72 744 HIV-positive women...
A study in nine districts of Uganda by the International Community of Women with HIV in East Africa (ICWEA) found 72 744 HIV-positive women had been sterilized life questioned out.
Twenty of them were forced to undergo the procedure, or had come without their consent, according to the report.
Hajarah Nagadya of ICWEA said 18 of the 20 forced sterilizations were performed in public hospitals, and occurred two cases in private clinics.
"These women need counseling and advice, because many go through your mind," Nagadya said.
"Others want to consider a lawsuit to go to trial and make government compensated."
A spokesman for the Health Ministry of Uganda said it was not the government's policy with HIV / AIDS to sterilize women.
Asuman Lukwago, the permanent secretary of the Ministry, said that the cases of forced sterilization is a crime.
However, he said that there is a special place occupies circumstances under which doctors can make to sterilize women deciding if they thought her life would be in danger during pregnancy.
According to estimates by UNAIDS in 2015, Uganda has an HIV prevalence of 7.1 percent among adults 15-49 than 790,000 women aged 15 years living with HIV East estimated in the African country. (Reuters / NAN)
