The president and opposition leaders in Tanzania have launched a national campaign for voluntary HIV/Aids testing by themselves being tested in public, BBC online reports Saturday.
It is one of the most high-profile campaigns by African leaders to fight the disease.
The UN estimates that nearly 1,5 million Tanzanians live with Aids but President Jakaya Kikwete said only 15 per cent of the population had been tested.
The politicians are hoping the public will follow their lead.
The launch, in Tanzanias commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, was witnessed by thousands of residents as well as foreign diplomats and development partners.
The president and first lady were the first to be tested, in one of a number of tents erected especially for the purpose.
Mr Kikwete said nobody with HIV/Aids should feel victimised, and urged Tanzanians to respect and care for those living with the virus.
Kikwete gæstede Danmark i marts.
