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Idhini yenye ufahamu ni sharti la msingi katika huduma zetu zote, na kila mteja huchunguzwa ili kuthibitisha kuwa anaweza kutoa idhini yenye ufahamu kabla ya kufanyiwa utaratibu wowote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daktari huyu aliyeibua madai haya aliacha kuwa mfanyakazi wa MSI-Uganda mnamo Februari 2026, na mratibu wa mkoa aliyetajwa si mfanyakazi wa MSI-Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kwa zaidi ya miaka 34, MSI-Uganda imekuwa ikitoa huduma za hiari za upangaji uzazi kwa mujibu wa miongozo ya kitaifa ya kiafya na mazoea bora ya kimataifa, ikifanya kazi kwa kushirikiana na Wizara ya Afya na wadau wengine. Tunataka kuwahakikishia umma ahadi yetu ya kutoa huduma za afya zinazoaminika, zinazolenga mteja zinazotii viwango vya juu zaidi vya kimatibabu na kimaadili.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kwa kuzingatia uzito wa madai haya ya uongo na yenye kashfa, MSI-Uganda inatafuta hatua za kisheria kujibu uchapishaji na usambazaji wa madai haya.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marie Stopes Uganda imekataa madai ya uongo na yasiyo sahihi kuhusu huduma zake za upasuaji wa kiume, ikithibitisha tena dhamira yake ya kupata ridhaa yenye taarifa, utunzaji wa kimaadili, na huduma za kupanga uzazi zinazoaminika zinazotolewa kulingana na miongozo ya kitaifa na mazoea bora ya kimataifa.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":9174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,19],"post_tag":[46,62],"class_list":["post-9167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-press","category-msug-news-and-updates","tag-msug-updates","tag-public-statement"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - 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