Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Study Site:
On the campus of the main public hospital near the center of the city.
Population:
1,360,850 (city)
Estimated HIV Prevalence in Country:
10-12%
[from the 1988 census of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Bureau of Statistics]
Language:
At the study sites in Kenya and Tanzania, survey instruments and data collection forms were translated into Kiswahili and then back-translated to English to assure that the English and Kiswahili versions were equivalent. In Tanzania, all surveys were conducted in Kiswahili.
Contact:
Marilyn Gloria Sangiwa, MD
Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences
Department of Psychiatry
P.O. Box 65218
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
255-51-151-537 – phone
255-51-151-242 – fax
gloria@twiga.com – email
Last modified: January 20, 2011