Dar es Salaam, July 14 -- YOUNG people living with HIV/Aids (NYP+) are among the recipients of a 5bn/-programme for empowering Tanzanians economically to improve livelihoods countrywide, a minister has said.

Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (Policy, Parliamentary Affairs, Labour, Employment, Youth and the Disabled) Jenista Mhagama assured this during a meeting organised by the Network of Young People Living with HIV/Aids-under the National Council of People Living with HIV (Nacopha) in collaboration with USAID held at the Prime Minister's Office in Dodoma.

According to Ms Mhagama, the government last week launched an empowerment programme implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology...