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| Outcry at Tanzanian HIV beating | Outcry at Tanzanian HIV beating |
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| There has been an outcry in Tanzania over a woman who was badly injured by her husband after she took an HIV test which is being encouraged nationwide. | There has been an outcry in Tanzania over a woman who was badly injured by her husband after she took an HIV test which is being encouraged nationwide. |
| Tumaini Mbogela said her husband beat her when she returned from a voluntary counselling centre in the town of Makete where she took the HIV test. | Tumaini Mbogela said her husband beat her when she returned from a voluntary counselling centre in the town of Makete where she took the HIV test. |
| Rights activists say the attack was "uncalled for" and women do not need permission to check their HIV status. | Rights activists say the attack was "uncalled for" and women do not need permission to check their HIV status. |
| Half of the 1.6m Tanzanians living with HIV are women, recent figures show. | Half of the 1.6m Tanzanians living with HIV are women, recent figures show. |
| Reports from Makete say the husband is on the run from the police. | Reports from Makete say the husband is on the run from the police. |
| Relatives claim that he is mentally confused after realising that the authorities were looking for him. | |
| Nationwide testing | Nationwide testing |
| Women's rights activist Jostina Katunzi said 34-year-old Tamali Mbogella was responding to a nationwide drive when she went for an HIV test in Makete. | Women's rights activist Jostina Katunzi said 34-year-old Tamali Mbogella was responding to a nationwide drive when she went for an HIV test in Makete. |
| We shall intensify our efforts to raise awareness of the importance of going for a test Taj LiundiTanzania's Commission for Aids | We shall intensify our efforts to raise awareness of the importance of going for a test Taj LiundiTanzania's Commission for Aids |
| "Women are so concerned about their health and she was free to go for the test - I do not think she had to consult her husband," Ms Katunzi said. | "Women are so concerned about their health and she was free to go for the test - I do not think she had to consult her husband," Ms Katunzi said. |
| The BBC's John Ngahyoma in Dar es Salaam says the Makete area is one of the worst-affected regions in Tanzania with a 24% HIV prevalence rate compared to 7% nationally. | The BBC's John Ngahyoma in Dar es Salaam says the Makete area is one of the worst-affected regions in Tanzania with a 24% HIV prevalence rate compared to 7% nationally. |
| When the health ministry launched a nationwide testing campaign in July, Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete was one of the first to take the HIV test. | When the health ministry launched a nationwide testing campaign in July, Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete was one of the first to take the HIV test. |
| Following the Makete case, the head of Tanzania's Commission for Aids, Taj Liundi, has advised married couples to consult each other before going for the test. | Following the Makete case, the head of Tanzania's Commission for Aids, Taj Liundi, has advised married couples to consult each other before going for the test. |
| "This is an isolated case of a violent man and does not represent all men in Tanzania," Mr Liundi said. | "This is an isolated case of a violent man and does not represent all men in Tanzania," Mr Liundi said. |
| "But we shall intensify our efforts to raise awareness of the importance of going for a test." | "But we shall intensify our efforts to raise awareness of the importance of going for a test." |
| Mrs Mbogela has now been discharged from hospital, our correspondent says. | Mrs Mbogela has now been discharged from hospital, our correspondent says. |