Infor abt tZ

[sembe2006]

Any infor abt TZ?

[yungcumby]

I'll give you my advice, but you won't like it. HIV is massive. Yes there are countries that have it worse, but I've never been to them. Everytime I go back I hear that colleagues and friends have died. I don't bother asking what they died of anymore, it's always the same. Don't have sex there unless you are in love and willing to die for it.

[greerr]

it sounds like slander to me. where is your evidence of such other than the lies from the western media? i suppose that africans die of no other diseases or starvation - only aids, aids, aids, whatever aids is.

[Sustain]

I'll give you my advice, but you won't like it. HIV is massive. Yes there are countries that have it worse, but I've never been to them. Everytime I go back I hear that colleagues and friends have died. I don't bother asking what they died of anymore, it's always the same. Don't have sex there unless you are in love and willing to die for it.

Stats I see put TZ's HIV rate at 6-7%, or about 1-in-15. High compared to some places, but among the lower ones in sub-saharan Africa. I wouldn't be scared to go there, but of course I'd use condoms anyway.

[sembe2006]

Hello
Thank you for your info. Aids is everywhere so to fight it yoy have to be carefull and protect yourself not to mention others.

[tamale]

The Hepatitis B virus is 20 to 100 times more 'contagious' that HIV and is much more prevalent in Africa. Rates as high as 50% for the under 30 group and is spread by various means including saliva through group sharing of the same eating bowl. Check out Hep B.org. The cost of the vaccine is beyond the reach of the majority of citizens. Even countries like Ghana that advertise to the public to get tested and then vaccinated do not provide this vaccine at a reasonable cost. Hep B eventually kills through cancer/cirrhosis of the liver. Even the vaccine does not guarantee full protection and then there is Hep C with no vaccine.

[viokand]

Your information and statistics on hepatitis B virus are very misleading, i would like you to tell us where you got the information that HBV (hepatitis B virus) is 20 to 100 times more infectious than HIV, i also challenge you to provide us with where you got your statistics that 50% of Africans under the age 30 years are infected with the HBV virus, You just can't make up assumptions based on fears, HBV and HIV are both blood borne pathogens that can be contacted the same way, by

Direct contact with blood or infected bodily fluids
Unprotected sex with an infected partner
Shared or re-used needles (for example, sharing needles for illegal drugs or re-using needles that are not properly sterilized for acupuncture, tattoos, or ear/body piercing)
From an infected mother to her newborn baby during delivery

No, hepatitis B is not spread through casual contact. You cannot get hepatitis B from the air, hugging, touching, sneezing, coughing, toilet seats or doorknobs. You cannot get hepatitis B from eating or drinking with someone who is infected nor from eating food prepared by someone who has hepatitis B.
The amount of virus is highest in blood and serous fluid (yellowish or clear fluid that drains from cuts/sores) but is also present in smaller amounts in semen, vaginal fluids, and menstrual blood
Although small amounts of virus can be found in saliva, saliva is not likely to spread hepatitis B, unless saliva from an infected person gets into a cut or sore, for example, following a bite.
Hepatitis B is not spread by kissing or sneezing.
All these informations were extracted from the website you quoted, also checkout this websites, http://www.hepb.org/patients/prevent...tion.htm#ques1
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/prevco...eet.htm#spread

[raven177]

Not sure about Dar Es Salaam but plenty of easy pussy in Arusha. Go to any bar on a Friday or Saturday night and just pull, same goes for some of the upmarket hotels. In clubs, you just need to stand there and make your pick, girls will come up and dance with you, all you need to do is buy drinks and by then you'll have had some offers for the night. The latest one I picked up was really hot, didn't speak a lot of English but fucked me three times and only asked for "taxi money". Hotel charged me for an extra person the next day though.

[tamale]

What about kissing?
While regular kissing and French kissing have not caused any known transmission of hepatitis B, because this virus is found in saliva, there is a potential for infection with French kissing. Make sure your partner is vaccinated. Taken from immunize.org. As you can see from this statement the research is still very new. But more scientific studies are coming out that indicate that saliva can be a medium for transfer of the virus.

As for prevalence rates it depends on the country and the age group. In Cameroon (Ndumbe, 1992)the prevalence rate has been estimated at 25% and in Zimbabwe also 25% (Madzime, 1997) but this is for the general population and not those under the age of 30. Part of the problem is that the vaccine is still too expensive for the majority of the population in many countries. It costs about $90 U.S. in Ghana last time I was there.

If I had more time I could perhaps find a study that does reach the 50% mark for the under 30 group but, you are correct, the 50% rate does not apply to every African country. As for the infection being higher than AIDS that one is obvious. If the infection rates were equal Cameroon would also have a HIV rate of 25% rate but they do not. However, I can still dig some more to find that statement that Heb B is 20 to 100 times more infectious than HIV.

[tamale]

"Yet hepatitis B is nearly 100 times more infectious than HIV. " This quote comes from http://www.crohns-disease-probiotics...epatitisB.html. I will get back to you on the 50% prevalence rate for Hep B under 30 age group. The funny thing is despite this UNDP reports HIV rates but not Hep B rate when the infection rates are much higher for Hep B AND their IS a vaccine. It is sad that not every child/newborn is not vaccinated against Hep B when the only barrier to this injustice is cost.

[tamale]

Viokand: You say "i would like you to tell us where you got the information that HBV (hepatitis B virus) is 20 to 100 times more infectious than HIV". So viokand who eactly is 'us'? Now that your 'group' has received the source of this information do I sense the defeat of some nationalistic cause? Newsflash: Hepatitis B is everywhere and has no borders. Variations in prevalence rates should not lead to such defensiveness of a country. Just because 1 country has higher rates of prevalence does not make them 'inferior' to another country. Relax.