INTRODUCTION SUDAN NAMIBIA MAURITANIA MADAGASCAR MALI MALAWI LIBERIA GUINEA-BISSAU KENYA IVORY COAST ETHIOPIA GUINEA GUINEA DJIBOUTI ERITREA CHAD DEMOCRATIC REP. OF CONGO CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CAMEROON BURUNDI BURUNDI BURKINA FASO BENIN ANGOLA SENEGAL NIGER RWANDA RWANDA SOMALIA REPUBLIC OF CONGO TOGO SIERRA LEONE LESOTHO MOZAMBIQUE SWAZILAND ZIMBABWE ZAMBIA TANZANIA UGANDA

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TANZANIA

Estimated population: 38.4m

Projected number needing food aid: 0.4m

Key underlying reasons:

  • Drought in parts
  • Aids: about 7% of national mainland population infected with HIV; infection rates rise to 15% in some areas

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