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World Health Organization (WHO), Ireland and Switzerland join forces to support the Mid Term Review of the Health Sector Strategic Plan in Tanzania

The Health Sector Strategic Plan V (HSSP V) is the guiding framework for the detailed planning and implementation of activities by health sector stakeholders at all levels

The World Health Organization (WHO), the Government of Ireland and Switzerland have signed an agreement to undertake the Mid Term Review of the Health Sector Strategic Plan-V (HSSP V) to strengthen health systems in Tanzania. Under the agreement the Governments of Ireland and Switzerland will jointly provide US $ 100,000…

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World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of Ireland collaborate to strengthen health system resilience in Tanzania

The project aims to bolster the capacity of healthcare systems, especially at the subnational level, to effectively respond to health emergencies

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of Ireland have signed an agreement to pilot a new project that will improve ongoing efforts to strengthen health system resilience to effectively respond to emergencies in Tanzania. The new project titled - Strengthening Health Systems Resilience for Enhanced Health Emergency Response…

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Stakeholders commit to ensure zero maternal deaths in Tanzania

The 4th President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Excellence Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, commended the government for the successful strive in reducing the deaths of pregnant mothers from over 556 thousand deaths in 2016 to 104 deaths in 2022

Tanzania lawmakers and development partners gathering for the 2nd reproductive, maternal, newborn, childbirth, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) scientific conference committed to support actions for stronger health systems to advance access to quality Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health, and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N). Convened by the Ministry of Health, Jakaya Mrisho Foundation…

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Tanzania: Addressing noncommunicable diseases

A total of 2092 health care workers have also received training to care for people with NCDs, specifically diabetes and heart disease, which are the two most common chronic diseases in Tanzania

For four months Stella Fikiri underwent a variety of tests at several private health care institutions, before finally being diagnosed with diabetes at the Magomeni Public Health Facility in Kinondoni, a district in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam. Now she attends the clinic for check-ups every two months, reducing…

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World Health Organization (WHO) and Minister of Health in Zanzibar commit to strengthening primary health care in the Islands

Dr Sagoe-Moses acknowledged the close collaborations WHO has had with the Ministry and commended the great efforts in improving access to health services through strengthening of health systems in Zanzibar

The Country Representative of the World Health Organization in United Republic of Tanzania, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Heath in Zanzibar, Honorable Nassor Ahmed Mazrui. Dr Sagoe-Moses acknowledged the close collaborations WHO has had with the Ministry and commended the great efforts in improving…

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How mental health support proved critical Tanzania’s Marburg outbreak response

Prior to the confirmation of the outbreak, 89 health workers were quarantined after having contact with the first cases

Washington Mushobozi, who was isolated in a Marburg Virus Disease treatment facility, says he does not know if he could have coped with missing his mother’s funeral had it not been for the warmth and kindness of the social workers who helped him through his grief. “They are good people,…

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Tanzania's Victory Over Marburg Virus: A Breath of Relief and a Path of Hope

An outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) was declared in Tanzania on 21st March 2023

The declaration of the end of the Marburg outbreak in Tanzania was received with a sigh of relief and ripples of excitement from the north to south and east to west of the Kagera region, the epicenter of the Marburg outbreak and the whole of Tanzania. Although the effective management and…

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Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Tanzania declared over

The last confirmed case tested negative for the second test of Marburg on 19 April, setting off the 42-day mandatory countdown to declare the end of the outbreak

Tanzania today declared the end of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak which was confirmed just over two months ago in the north-western Kagera region. It was the country’s first outbreak of the disease. A total of nine cases (eight confirmed and one probable) and six deaths were recorded in the…

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Flattening the curve in Tanzania: World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA) train public health workers to fight Infodemic

Without a smart approach to fight Infodemic, its impacts can derail a health or emergency responses, leading to deaths and economic losses that could be avoidable

As the World battled the COVID-19 pandemic, communities, individuals and institutions, and national health authorities contended with an overabundance of right and wrong information. This aggravated because of top-notch advancement in information technology. WHO defines infodemic as an overabundance of accurate and inaccurate information during epidemics which many times led…

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World Health Organization (WHO) trains Rapid Responders to strengthen timely response to health emergencies in Zanzibar and beyond

Participants expressed utmost appreciation for the knowledge and skills they attained through the training

The World Health Organization in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Zanzibar, has trained 56 rapid responders in Zanzibar to effectively respond to public health emergencies in the islands and beyond. This is part of the effort to ensure that each African country is equipped with knowledge and skills to…