The Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) is the
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
n government organization assigned with the task of coordinating Tanzania's response to the
HIV/AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual ...
epidemic.
TACAIDS was established on 1 December 2000 in an announcement by President
Benjamin Mkapa
Benjamin William Mkapa (12 November 193824 July 2020) was the third president of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. He was Chairman of the Revolutionary State Political Party ( Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM).
Early life
Mkapa was born in Lupaso, ...
.
Reginald Mengi is a former commissioner of TACAIDS.
See also
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National AIDS Control Programme
External links
Tanzania Commission for AIDS
References
HIV/AIDS in Africa
Medical and health organisations based in Tanzania
Government of Tanzania
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