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AIDS prevention for Tanzania's remote areas

    JOHANNESBURG

    People living with HIV/AIDS in remote areas of Tanzania are set to benefit from a US $5.4 million Global AIDS Fund grant.

    The Fund said in a recent statement that the grant would cater for HIV preventive education in the country over five years, "focusing on young people and vulnerable populations in 12 districts".

    With some two million people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, the Fund estimated that prevalence rates among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics for the first time ranged from four to 32 percent.

    The Tanzania AIDS Commission, together with the President's Office for Regionalisation and Local Administration, will coordinate the programmes financed by the grant.

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