The DHS Program

Louis Kolumbia

THE CITIZEN CORRESPONDENT (Tanzania)

Dar es Salaam. HIV prevalence has dropped slightly in the country--from 5.7 per cent in 2008/2009 to 5.1 per cent in 2011/12, a new report shows. The infection rate remains higher for women than for men.

Infections in women aged between 23 and 24 stand at 6.6 per cent as opposed to 2.8 per cent in men in the same age group, according to the Tanzania HIV/Aids and Malaria Indicator Survey report for 2011/2012 that was unveiled yesterday.

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Louis Kolumbia

THE CITIZEN CORRESPONDENT (Tanzania)

Dar es Salaam. HIV prevalence has dropped slightly in the country--from 5.7 per cent in 2008/2009 to 5.1 per cent in 2011/12, a new report shows. The infection rate remains higher for women than for men.

Infections in women aged between 23 and 24 stand at 6.6 per cent as opposed to 2.8 per cent in men in the same age group, according to the Tanzania HIV/Aids and Malaria Indicator Survey report for 2011/2012 that was unveiled yesterday.