Awareness About HIV Prevention and Control Act Among People Living with HIV in Northwestern Tanzania

Abstract

In Tanzania, the HIV/AIDs control and prevention Act 2008 (Act 28; section IV: 21 page 11) about HIV status disclosure states that: "Any person who knows being infected with HIV after being tested shall; Immediately inform his/her spouse or sexual partner of the fact and take all reasonable measures and precautions to prevent the transmission of HIV to others." The study aimed to explore whether people understand that disclosure of HIV status to sexual partners is a human right obligation.