A lot more needs to be done to protect mothers’ lives

Imagine this; A nurse using plastic bags instead of gloves to assist a woman in delivery, or a nurse helping a mother deliver, while using a hurricane lamp for lighting. How about four women in labour sharing a hospital bed and many others sleeping on the floor in a maternity ward? This is the reality in our public hospitals.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Mar

save mothers’ lives

Much as the future of our nation lies in the wellbeing of children, mothers too should be in prime condition if they are to survive childbirth and nurture their babies to adulthood. They also need the right facilities and skilled healthcare, regardless of where they live.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Aug

JK: I’ve done a lot to protect human rights

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday bid farewell to employees of the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRGG) expressing optimism that his administration had done a great job in protecting people’s rights.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Aug

Let’s conserve forests to protect our lives

Most scientists agree that life is possible on earth because we are in a position to breathe. Most organisms need oxygen in order to live. Plants and trees constantly put oxygen out into the atmosphere. In the absence of trees and other forms of plants, life would be impossible on earth.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

04 May

ILO urges government, employers to protect workers' lives

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ILO urges government, employers to protect workers' lives
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Director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office for Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, Alexio Musindo. (File photo). In order to promote prevention culture to curb workplace illness and injuries by ensuring that work sustains and ...
ILO Toasts Kikwete Over Regular Meetings With WorkersAllAfrica.com

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11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Mar

FEATURE: Appreciating our mothers

>From the day you laid eyes on me, squalling, crinkled, wrinkled me… you loved me… you tell me it’s a feeling no one can describe. You always washed me up, fed me, and loved me.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Mar

Be accountable so that mothers can survive

>As the world commemorates   White Ribbon Day, with the theme: ‘Be accountable so that mothers can survive child birth,’ Tanzania honours the 24 women who die every day during childbirth.

 

10 years ago

Mwananchi

06 Dec

Mothers: Where’s our infant formula?

Mothers with small babies are up in arms over the prolonged shortage of two popular baby formulas, Lactogen and SMA, The Citizen on Saturday has established.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Nov

We are stepping in for working mothers

When Rhoda Nyang’aya separated from her husband nine years ago, things took a sharp twist. With two children to take care of, she had to make adjustments to her new life.

 

10 years ago

Vijimambo

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

 

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