EAST AFRICA: HIV-AIDS study at 18 universities

A study to establish the impact of the HIV-AIDS pandemic on university communities in East Africa is scheduled to start in October, reports The Citizen in Dar es Salaam. Initially, the project will target 18 universities - six each in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya - according to the officials of the Inter-University Council of East Africa.

The $700,000 project will involve the East African Community through the Lake Victoria Basin Commission and is being funded by the Swedish International Development Agency, Sida. Project manager Doreen Othero told The Citizen that the study would last for two months and was aimed at revealing the severity of the HIV-AIDS pandemic in university communities. Also involved in the study is the African Medical and Research Foundation.

Universities to be involved in the survey include Tanzania's University of Dar es Salaam, Mzumbe, Sokoine, Tumaini (Iringa Campus), St Augustine and Muhimbili. In Uganda, they are Makerere, Mbarara, Gulu, Islamic, Kampala International and Nkumba. Those earmarked for the study in Kenya are the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Baraton, Moi, Masinde Muliro and Maseno.
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