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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, and other STIs to the public. [ 3 ] Currently the organization is working toward the 90-90-90 goal set by UNAIDS.
The Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) is the Tanzanian government organization assigned with the task of coordinating Tanzania's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. TACAIDS was established on 1 December 2000 in an announcement by President Benjamin Mkapa. [1] [2] Reginald Mengi is a former commissioner of TACAIDS. [3]
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.
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.
Report from Tanzania PHIA of 2016–17 shows that HIV prevalence among women is higher (6.2%) than men (3.1%). [51] 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. Prevalence of HIV/AIDS has declined from 7% in 2003 to 4.8% in 2018.
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.
While UN AIDS was officially created in 1994 with UN resolution, [6] and launched in 1996, the roots of UN AIDS can be traced back to the first recorded case of HIV/AIDS 15 years prior in 1981, and the launch of the Global Network of People living with HIV/AIDS ("GNP+") started in 1986 by Dietmar Bolle, an HIV positive specialist nurse and ...
WAMATA was founded in June 1989 by a small group of Tanzanian professionals and families to assist individuals living with HIV/AIDS diagnoses. [3] [4] Theresa Kaijage led the organization while head of social work and family therapy at Muhimbili Medical Centre and as a lecturer at the Social Welfare Training Institute. She fundraised and ...