AIDS has spread rapidly across Tanzania and is one of the most significant challenges facing this nation today. At the end of 2003, 1.6 million of Tanzania’s 36.9 million people were living with HIV and AIDS, and more than half—840,000—were women. Even more devastating, approximately 60 percent of new HIV infections are occurring among Tanzania’s youth, particularly its young women. Largely because of the high prevalence of AIDS, population growth rates have dropped from 3.0 percent to 1.4 percent, and life expectancy is now estimated at 46 years.
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