SUSTAIN AND ACCELERATE A COMPREHENSIVE HIV RESPONSE IN THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF (PEPFAR) - TANZANIA IS AMONG COUNTRIES WITH VERY HIGH HIV BURDEN, WITH AN ESTIMATED 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV (PLHIV) OR 5.1% OUT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF 61,741,120 PEOPLE. THE COUNTRY’S HIV EPIDEMIC IS COMPLICATED BY THE GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM CHALLENGES AS A RESULT OF LOW RESOURCES. YET, SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARD HIV/AIDS CONTROL HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS. REPORTS INDICATE THAT 83% OF PLHIV IN TANZANIA NOW KNOW THEIR HIV STATUS, THAT 90% OF THESE ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING ANTI-RETROVIRAL TREATMENT (ART) AND AMONG THOSE ON TREATMENT, 92% ARE ATTAINING VIRAL SUPPRESSION. PROGRESS WAS ALSO MADE ON THE ELIMINATION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION (MTCT) OF HIV DISEASE, REDUCING THE RATE FROM 26% IN 2011 TO 7.8% IN 2015 FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT, DONORS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS’ EFFORTS. DESPITE THESE SUCCESSES, GAPS STILL REMAIN, AS THE SHIFT

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SUSTAIN AND ACCELERATE A COMPREHENSIVE HIV RESPONSE IN THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF (PEPFAR) - TANZANIA IS AMONG COUNTRIES WITH VERY HIGH HIV BURDEN, WITH AN ESTIMATED 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV (PLHIV) OR 5.1% OUT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF 61,741,120 PEOPLE. THE COUNTRY’S HIV EPIDEMIC IS COMPLICATED BY THE GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM CHALLENGES AS A RESULT OF LOW RESOURCES. YET, SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARD HIV/AIDS CONTROL HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS. REPORTS INDICATE THAT 83% OF PLHIV IN TANZANIA NOW KNOW THEIR HIV STATUS, THAT 90% OF THESE ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING ANTI-RETROVIRAL TREATMENT (ART) AND AMONG THOSE ON TREATMENT, 92% ARE ATTAINING VIRAL SUPPRESSION. PROGRESS WAS ALSO MADE ON THE ELIMINATION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION (MTCT) OF HIV DISEASE, REDUCING THE RATE FROM 26% IN 2011 TO 7.8% IN 2015 FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT, DONORS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS’ EFFORTS. DESPITE THESE SUCCESSES, GAPS STILL REMAIN, AS THE SHIFT