Tanzania: Report - HIV Infection Scales Up in Region

THE rate of HIV infection among pregnant women in Tanga Region has scaled up to 7.5 per cent.

The revelation was made recently in a two day AIDS stakeholders' workshop held at Regal Naivera Complex Hall in the city in their 2017 HIV infection data report. Presiding over the workshop, Tanga Regional AIDS Control Coordinator, Dr Selemani Msangi, pointed out that according to the survey, most of the pregnant women were not aware that they were infected at the prenatal stage.

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