April 4, 2001
Tanzania has acquired a 374,668 US dollar grant to establish a commission to co-ordinate the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the country. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Royal Danish Embassy donated funds on a fifty-fifty basis.
According to a statement released by the UN office in Dar es Salaam, both offices said they felt obliged to donate because they gave priority to the fight against the disease. HIV/AIDS, the statement said, was anathema to development.
A workforce that would lay the groundwork for the setting up of the Tanzania Commission for HIV/AIDS (TACAIDS) would consume part of the funds, it said, adding that the other part would enable a formulation team under the Prime Minister's Office to draw structures, rules and capacity building requirements for TACAIDS.
"The Royal Danish Embassy and UNDP have contributed on a fifty-fifty basis to support the establishment of the commission, in view of the urgency of the matter and the absence of government funds during the current financial year," the statement said.
Formed last year on President Benjamin Mkapa's directives, TACAIDS is to spearhead an ambitious campaign against the spread of the incurable HIV/AIDS. The government hopes to incorporate all stakeholders - whether public or private - in the fight against the fast spreading pandemic, which has affected an estimated two million Tanzanians.
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