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LEARN MORE: Articles on Africa, Tanzania and/or HIV/AIDS.

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For great information on the ACT, Read February 09, 2007 article: "Tanzania's Anglican Church to host Communion's Primates near 'Abode of Peace.'"

Read the UNAIDS/WHO HIV/AIDS Epidemic Update for December 2006

Read the United Nations article: HIV/AIDS: a rural issue

Read: AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa: a looming threat to future generations

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The Issue

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:39:05 -0600

In 2006 the number of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide exceeded 39.5 million. Sub Saharan Africa accounts for 63% of those infected - 24.7 million.*

Over the last 20 years the average life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa has dropped from 62 years to 47 years.^ There were 2.8 million new infections in Sub Saharan Africa in 2006. That means that an estimated 7,671 people were infected every day, 319 infections an hour, or five new HIV cases every minute.

One of the countries hit hardest by HIV/AIDS is Tanzania where an estimated 1.4 million adults and children are infected. However, these figures are beginning to show hopeful signs of decreasing. UNAIDS reports that the national average of people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania has dropped 1.6 percent in the last ten years, from 8.1% in 1995 to 6.5% in 2004.* However, they also report a new and disturbing trend. According to recent projections “the number of new HIV infections in rural areas could be twice as high as in urban areas by 2010.*" This is contrary to public health official’s predictions, and represents a devastating trend because over three quarters of the country’s population is agrarian, and education and health services are much less available in rural areas.