Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Children and the Elderly, Ummy Mwalimu speaks at press conference in Dar es Salaam. Right World Health Organization to Tanzania Representative, Dr. Rufaro Chatora. PHOTO|OMAR FUNGO
What you need to know:
As the country joins the rest of the world in marking World Aids Day today, only about 839,00 people known to be infected are currently receiving ARVs, according to the Tanzania Commission for Aids (Tacaids).
The rest are yet to be put on treatment in line with the new World Health Organisation’s (WHO) best practices unveiled in the form of the new guidelines which campaign for the ‘test and treat’ all approach—released early this year.
