The Kasulo camp in Tanzania accommodates more than 400,000 Rwandan refugees with at least 2000 more arriving daily. Although up to 33% of pregnant women last year in Kigali and up to 25% of adults in Dar es Salaam are seropositive for HIV, and HIV may spread very quickly between and among the refugees and indigenous population, fighting HIV and AIDS in and around the refugee camps is not a priority of relief agencies. The Tanzanian government and international relief agencies are instead concentrating upon providing refugees with food, shelter, and the basic necessities of sustaining life. Relief agencies will begin addressing HIV/AIDS once the acute phase of this refugee emergency has ended, but not yet.

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