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HIV status nondisclosure to sexual partners remains a major challenge in Tanzania's health system. Addressing these significant factors will maximize the magnitude of voluntary disclosure to sexual partners. HIV remains a major challenge in Tanzania's health system, as it is for other sub-Saharan countries, because the prevalence is still unacceptably high, and many new HIV infections occur in the country.
However, disclosing one's HIV status to one's sexual partners remains an integral component of curtailing the HIV pandemic. Therefore, understanding the context of disclosure is essential in both the prevention of HIV and the mitigation of its impacts on both individuals and communities Hallberg et al. Lack of voluntary disclosure among serodiscordant heterosexual couples remains one of the main factors associated with new infections among married couples and those in stable relationships in Tanzania Colombe et al.
Despite the paucity of research on voluntary disclosure of HIV status to sexual partners in Tanzania, a study by Damian et al. In a similar study, Ngocho et al. Participants in the latter study were more likely to reveal their HIV status than the women with HIV who were not pregnant.
Several factors seem to be highly associated with voluntary HIV disclosure. Studies have shown that factors such as being educated with a primary or higher education level, being female, knowing the status of one's sexual partner, receiving pretest or post-test HIV counseling, and being middle-aged or older were leading factors associated with voluntary HIV disclosure Benayew Shifraew et al.
