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Less than 28pc of HIV+ people in Tanzania get ARVs

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More than 1.3 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are now receiving ARV treatment. Photo/FILE

More than 1.3 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are now receiving ARV treatment. Photo/FILE 

By DAGI KIMANI  (email the author)
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Posted  Monday, November 2  2009 at  00:00

By year end, approximately 45 per cent of HIV-positive pregnant women in poor countries were receiving ARVs to prevent HIV transmission to their newborns up from 35 per cent in 2007.

Some 21 per cent of all pregnant women in these countries had an HIV test, up from 15 per cent in 2007.

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