Abstract
According to estimates (December 2000) from the World Health Organization 36.1 million people live with HIV worldwide and 25.3 million of them are found in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tanzania is one of the countries hardest stricken. In 1995 the proportion of HIV-1 infected male blood donors in this country was 6.7% (2) and in 1998 the HIV prevalence rate among rural pregnant women was 12.3–24%. Population based surveys have shown a decreasing prevalence gradient from towns to areas of lower population density and the HIV prevalence for women of fertile age in Arusha town was estimated to be 11.6% in 1991–1994. Less is known about typically rural areas. A recent article reported low HIV prevalence (0.95– 2.23%) in rural traditional Maasai communities in Kenya but a high prevalence (up to 12%) of syphilis (5). The study was done in 1989–92. (excerpt)
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