Community response to hiv/aids: a case of pastoralists in Kilosa district, Tanzania .

A study to assess the response of pastoralist community towards HIV/AIDS was conducted in two villages of Kilosa district in Morogoro region. A cross sectional research design was adopted whereby a purposive sampling technique was used in combination with simple random sampling method so as to obtain a sample of 51 adult respondents and snow-ball technique was used to obtain 42 youth respondents. In addition 20 key informants were sampled. A structured questionnaire was the main instrument used in data collection. Checklists were used for key informants and focus group discussions (FGDs). The data were statistically analyzed using SPSS computer programme to obtain frequencies and percentages. Results have shown that all respondents were aware of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. More than 90% showed positive attitudes towards HIV/AIDS and PLWHA. Education level was observed to be statistically associated with HIV/AIDS testing status at p