Evolution of HIV/AIDS Discourse among the Haya on Ten Landing Sites on the Western Shores of Lake Victoria; Tanzania: Need for a Shift from a Biomedical to a Meaningful Life Discourse

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"Kagera is one of the areas considered to be an epicentre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Tanzania. This has been due to linking HIV/AIDS and the cross-border trade between Uganda and Tanzania; an activity that was due to lack of essential commodities after the Uganda-Tanzania War of 1978-1981. In a survey in the landing sites of Lake Victoria; where one of the elements is to know the state of HIV/AIDS; it is found out that people are giving up in their struggle against HIV/AIDS; a situation that leads to the perception of contracting HIV/AIDS being an ""occupational hazard"". As the African sexual permissiveness theory has been at the back of the bio-medical discourse and the eventual behavioural change paradigms in guiding HIV/AIDS interventions; this article proposes change of discourse by having the meaningful life discourse in HIV/AIDS interventions."