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The spread of HIV/AIDS and its consequences in Africa: the Tanzania experience.

Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):441 (abstract no. PD0373). Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370746
Bazira I; Medical Aid Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: (1) To explore on how HIV/AIDS spread to Tanzania and to establish the magnitudes of HIV infected persons, AIDS-death and AIDS-orphans. (2) To assess the economic problems caused by AIDS illness, AIDS-death and burials. METHODS: From 1988 to 1993 a research was conducted in the most affected regions of Tanzamia. Data was collected from 7,000 villages and from the reports at the Ministry of Health in order to establish the magnitude of HIV infected population, AIDS-deaths and AIDS orphans; and to assess AIDS consequences on society. RESULTS: HIV spread to Tanzania from the Uganda border during the 1978/79 War. First AIDS-death suspects were realised in some villages of Bukoba/Muleba Districts in 1981/82 followed by HIV clinical diagnosis in 1983. To-date 700,000 people are infected with HIV; 60,000 have died and 160,000 are AIDS-orphans. 70% died while very young, thus creating a vaccum in productive labour. Agricultural and industrial production has fallen from 10% to 25% and 35% of the total income is spent on taking care of AIDS victims. CONCLUSION: HIV spread to Tanzania in 1978 and to-date many people are infected. AIDS-deaths have caused serious socio-economic problem. Economic Development Projects to be entailed to HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes will be discussed.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/MORTALITY/ TRANSMISSION Human HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Tanzania/EPIDEMIOLOGY ABSTRACTKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/epidemiology/mortality/transmissionhumanhivinfections/KWDepidemiology/transmissiontanzania/epidemiologyabstract
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