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PANAPRESS (Tanzania)

"The HIV/AIDS pandemic persists in Tanzania as a major threat to national development as much as it weighs heavily on the female population and urban residents, according to official findings of the 2011/2012 countrywide surveillance. According to the Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey report released here late Wednesday, national HIV prevalence has slightly dropped from 5.7 percent in 2008/2009 to 5.1 percent in 2011/12..."

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PANAPRESS (Tanzania)

"The HIV/AIDS pandemic persists in Tanzania as a major threat to national development as much as it weighs heavily on the female population and urban residents, according to official findings of the 2011/2012 countrywide surveillance. According to the Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey report released here late Wednesday, national HIV prevalence has slightly dropped from 5.7 percent in 2008/2009 to 5.1 percent in 2011/12..."

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