EDITORIAL: We should step up HIV war despite big gains

>The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which causes Aids (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) continues to ravage the world, 33 years after it was diagnosed in the US.

>Campaigns to save Tanzania’s endangered elephants continue to gather steam with several activities lined up to support the government efforts to combat poaching that has recently soiled the country’s image internationally.

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We must step up war on poaching
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Kikwete vows to step up war on albino killers
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PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has renewed his pledge to track down and bring to justice all the people behind albino killings that have tarnished the country's image. He insisted that no stone will be left unturned in the crusade - be it a seller, buyer or those ...

Kenya, Tanzania Step Up War On Poaching, Terrorism, Drugs
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Kenya and Tanzania have agreed to scale up joint onslaughts against poaching, terrorism and drug trafficking. Elephant and rhino poaching has become a big concern in East Africa, affecting tourism which is a key foreign exchange earner. Experts ...
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>Tanzania joined the international community yesterday in celebrating International Women’s Day, with a variety of activities aimed at demonstrating mainly two things: one, there is still a lot to be done to attain the necessary gender equity and two, women have the capacity to do what men can, if a level playing field would prevail in human societies.

 In a bid to cut the rising HIV infection rate in the district, authorities have been asked to purchase female condoms.

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>Water is life, the saying goes. Yet many Tanzanians die not for lack of the precious liquid but for drinking it when it is  contaminated and unsafe for human consumption. That is why we consider most valid the concern expressed by the medical officer in-charge at Mwanshimba Dispensary in Tabora, Dr George Kavella, who noted that the health of 17,000 people in the ward is at risk because they drink dirty water from a dam.