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Over half a million reported to be AIDS infected

    NAIROBI
    A total of 109,863 AIDS cases have been reported in Tanzania but over 550,000 people are believed to be suffering from the disease, Minister of State Edward Lowassa said on Wednesday in Dar es Salaam at the launch of the UNFPA State of the World 1999 Report. Describing HIV/AIDS as the greatest health scourge facing Tanzanians, Lowassa said it had orphaned 300,000 children and already affected more than 10 percent of blood donors in the country, news agencies reported. Over 1.5 million Tanzanians are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, Lowassa added.

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