TANZANIA: New anti-AIDS programme unveiled
21 July 2005 (PlusNews ), Former US President Bill Clinton and the Tanzanian president, Benjamin Mkapa, unveiled a new programme on Wednesday to train local medical workers to administer anti-retroviral (ARVs) to people living with HIV/AIDS.
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TANZANIA: Clinton assists with AIDS treatment expansion and training
21 July 2005 (PlusNews ), Former US President Bill Clinton on Wednesday launched a health worker training programme in Tanzania to expand anti-AIDS treatment to rural areas.
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TANZANIA: Mrs Bush funds church AIDS initiative
14 July 2005 (PlusNews ), US first lady Laura Bush pledged US $500,000 to a Roman Catholic Church programme assisting HIV-positive people and their families in Tanzania on Wednesday.
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TANZANIA: Free ARVs for 100,000 by 2006, prime minister says
17 June 2005 (PlusNews ), At least 100,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania will receive antiretroviral drugs free of charge by the end of 2006, Prime Minister Frederick Sumaye announced on Thursday.
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TANZANIA: Local firm to produce ARVs starting next year
30 May 2005 (PlusNews ), A local Tanzania pharmaceutical company will begin producing generic antiretroviral drugs in mid-2006 from a factory in the northern town of Arusha, an official with the firm announced on Monday.
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TANZANIA: Global Fund to boost anti-AIDS efforts
16 May 2005 (PlusNews ), The Global AIDS Fund over the wekend agreed to donate US $157 million towards Tanzania's fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.
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TANZANIA: New phase of HIV/AIDS awareness campaign launched
10 May 2005 (PlusNews ), The African Medical Research Foundation, an international medical NGO, launched on Tuesday the third phase of a media campaign aimed at promoting voluntary HIV testing and counselling in Tanzania.
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TANZANIA: HIV infections rate declines, official says
11 April 2005 (PlusNews ), A Tanzanian official announced on Friday that the rate of HIV infections in the country had declined from 10 percent in 2002 to 7 percent in 2003-2004, with more infections in urban areas than in the countryside.
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TANZANIA: HIV infections rate declines, official says
11 April 2005 (PlusNews ), A Tanzanian official announced on Friday that the rate of HIV infections in the country had declined from 10 percent in 2002 to 7 percent in 2003-2004, with more infections in urban areas than in the countryside.
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TANZANIA: Lack of AIDS drugs killing teachers
1 April 2005 (PlusNews ), Tanzania's Ministry of Education says a lack of specialised HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention is costing it thousands of schoolteachers every year.
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TANZANIA: India urged to continue AIDS drug supply
18 March 2005 (PlusNews ), HIV-positive Tanzanians will hold a peaceful march at the weekend in the capital, Dar es Salaam, urging India to continue manufacturing cheap AIDS drugs and supplying them to developing countries.
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TANZANIA: Increased AIDS treatment on the cards
18 March 2005 (PlusNews ), Tanzania plans to increase the number of people on anti-AIDS treatment from 4,000 to 44,000 by the end of this year, with the help of international donors.
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TANZANIA: Government plans to extend HIV testing services
24 February 2005 (PlusNews ), Tanzanian health officials have announced plans to screen some 25 million people for HIV by 2008.
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TANZANIA: Swedes boost AIDS treatment plan
21 February 2005 (PlusNews ), Tanzania's plan to have 400,000 HIV-positive people on treatment by 2008 has received a US $22 million shot in the arm from Sweden.
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TANZANIA: Swedes boost AIDS treatment plan
21 February 2005 (PlusNews ), Tanzania's plan to have 400,000 HIV-positive people on treatment by 2008 has received a US $22 million shot in the arm from Sweden.
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TANZANIA: Concern over rising AIDS rate during conference
13 December 2004 (PlusNews ), A three-day HIV/AIDS conference, jointly organised by the Tanzania Commission for AIDS, the Tanzania AIDS Society and the Ministry of Health, is currently underway in Arusha, northern Tanzania.
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TANZANIA: Poverty and neglect causes HIV risk for elderly
8 December 2004 (PlusNews ), Neglect, ignorance and poverty could put more than 2 million elderly Tanzanian women at risk of HIV infection, the global aid organisation, HelpAge International, has suggested in a new study.
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AFRICA-KENYA: Global Fund approves funding proposals for AIDS, malaria and TB
19 November 2004 (PlusNews ), The Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis approved on Thursday the fifth round of funding proposals to combat the three diseases.
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TANZANIA: Global AIDS commitment of US businesses urged
16 November 2004 (PlusNews ), The US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, has applauded the efforts of a public-private initiative to advance HIV/AIDS care in Tanzania.
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TANZANIA: Canadian cash for AIDS care and treatment
21 September 2004 (PlusNews ), Canadian Minister of International Cooperation Aileen Carroll has pledged US $4.5 million on behalf of Canada's International Development Agency (CIDA) to tackle HIV/AIDS in Tanzania.
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