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- ↑ "More than 300 Tanzanian MPs take public HIV tests". The East African. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
- ↑ Domasa, Sylivester (2018-03-29). "Tanzania: Tacaids Sets Up 20 AIDS Education Centres". Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam). Retrieved 2018-11-21.
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