SHOCKING 20% TANZANIA ASIANS HAVE AIDS
By Lina Lorentz
It has been estimated that 20 per cent of the Asian community in Tanzania is HIV/AIDS infected; which would make 10,000 of the projected 50,000 Asians in Tanzania HIV positive.
According to a various doctors in Dar es Salaam, who preferred anonymity, the figure is on the rise. Contrary to popular belief, the number of HIV infected people follows the overall pattern in Sub-Saharan Africa, where it is estimated that over 20 per cent of the people carry the virus.
Following a blood screening campaign in 1997, it was revealed that three to five per cent of the Asian community were HIV positive, but that figure is no longer relevant, according to the doctors The Express spoke to.
The government acknowledges it is difficult to establish the impact of HIV/AIDS on different sections of society, economy or the overall development, but argues there is sufficient evidence the impact of AIDS is already felt in many if not most sections of the society.

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The Chairman of Media Owners Association, Reginald Mengi addressing the press during a press conference held at the Royal Palm Hotel in Dar es Salaam yesterday. (Photo by Express Correspondent)

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