District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU) is a district level decentralized monitoring unit of National AIDS Control Organisation in

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. They have been established in 189 high priority districts across the country as a step toward decentralization of the coordination and management of

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National AIDS Control Programme The National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) is a government health organization of Tanzania. It was founded in 1986 and it operates under the purview of the country's Ministry of Health. The NACP is a policy making board, on the issue of HIV ...

, by working in close coordination with the district administration to take up district specific initiatives by leveraging local resources. DAPCUs have been trained and mentored to perform the challenging task of coordinating and monitoring of NACP activities.

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