TV project raises awareness, monies for Tanzanian AIDS patients and orphans.

By Ruta Mutakyahwa

Despite widespread knowledge of HIV and some successful local initiatives in its prevention and control, there have been steady increases in HIV prevalence since 1996, and there are no significant signs to show that the infection and prevalence trends have been halted and/or reversed. Prevalence is higher in women than in men, and the gap between male and female infection rates has increased.