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Report from Tanzania PHIA of 2016/17 shows that HIV prevalence among women is higher (6.2%) than men (3.1%). [3] The prevalence of HIV is less than 2% among 15–19 years for both males and females and then increases with age for both sexes. [1] Prevalence of HIV/AIDS has declined from 7% in 2003 to 4.8% in 2018.
The Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elders and Children is a government ministry of Tanzania. It deals with health policy, community development, gender and policy related to the elderly and children.
The leading causes of mortality in Tanzania include: HIV 17%, lower respiratory infections 11%, malaria 7%, diarrheal diseases 6%, tuberculosis 5%, cancer 5%, ischemic heart disease 3%, stroke 3%, sexually transmitted diseases 3%, and sepsis 2% [5] and this shows the double burden of disease the country has to bear.
As part of that pledge, leaders vowed to reduce annual new HIV infections to below 370,000 by 2025, but the report said in 2023 new infections were more than three times higher at 1.3 million.
In 2020 UNAIDS received US$ 247.2 million in 2020, in voluntary donations. [22] In 2021, US$ 171.4 million in core funding was made available by twenty-seven governments, with the US leading donating $45,000,000, followed by Sweden and the Netherlands.
The Ministry of Health is a government ministry of Tanzania.Its central offices are located in Dodoma.Its mission is to "facilitate the provision of basic health services that are good, quality, equitable, accessible, affordable, sustainable[,] and gender-sensitive".
Incidence of HIV has continued to fall, decreasing by 23% from 2010 to 2020, with progress dominated by decreases in Eastern Africa and Southern Africa. [8] As of 2023, there are about 1.3 million new infections of HIV per year globally.
In 2024, PEPFAR supported 2.5 million people newly enrolled on PrEP to prevent HIV infection. [26] IN 2023, PEPFAR supported 1.95 million people on antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis. [28] PEPFAR supported 2.3 million adolescent girls and young women through the DREAM HIV prevention services in FY 2024 verses 2.5 million in FY2023.