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The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania is characterised by substantial across age, gender, geographical location and socioeconomic status implying difference in the risk of transmission of infection. [1] In 2019, among 1.7 million people living with HIV /AIDS, the prevalence was 4.6% and 58,000 new HIV infection among 15–49 years old, and ...
Fred Mhalu. Fred Mhalu is a microbiologist and medical researcher from Tanzania. His main area of study revolves around infectious diseases and intervention. Ever since 1986, he has been a main contributor to the information about AIDS in Africa.
HIV / AIDS originated in the early 20th century and has become a major public health concern and cause of death in many countries. AIDS rates vary significantly between countries, with the majority of cases concentrated in Southern Africa. Although the continent is home to about 15.2 percent of the world's population, [1] more than two-thirds ...
Japhet Killewo. Japhet Killewo is a Tanzanian doctor and epidemiologist in Kagera, Tanzania. He was the former Chair of Tanzanian Public Health Association and currently an epidemiology professor at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS). [1] His research area focuses on HIV/AIDS epidemiology research in Kagera region in ...
Theresa J. Kaijage (born 1947) is a social worker who advocates for those infected with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania.Kaijage works to raise awareness about the disease and tries to assuage the negative social implications that accompany the diagnosis of HIV/AIDS in Africa.Theresia Kaijage is also the founder and director of the Tanzanian non-governmental organization, WAMATA, which educates and ...
The United States President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is a United States governmental initiative to address the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and help save the lives of those suffering from the disease. Launched by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2003, as of May 2020, PEPFAR has provided about $90 billion in cumulative funding for ...
The National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) is a government health organization of Tanzania. It was founded in 1986 and it operates under the purview of the country's Ministry of Health. [1][2] The NACP is a policy making board, on the issue of HIV and AIDS in Tanzania. The National AIDS Control Programme offers information regarding HIV, AIDS ...
The African Journal of AIDS Research is a peer-reviewed medical journal published in 2002 by the National Inquiry Services Centre ( Grahamstown, South Africa) on topics related related to understanding the social dimensions to AIDS in Africa. Launched to address the lack of an African-managed journal focussed on social-science research on HIV ...