U.S. pledges $526 million aid in 2017 to Tanzania to fight AIDS

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday approved $526 million aid to Tanzania over the coming year to expand the roll out of life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs to people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.Some 1.4 million Tanzanians are estimated to be living with HIV in the nation of around 50 million people, with about 850,000 of them currently on anti-retrovirals (ARVs)."This support will bring the total number of Tanzanians on HIV treatment up to 1.2 million," t