Breastfeeding Week: success stories, challenges and policy in Tanzania

>Curtains will finally roll down on 2014, in five days time and this shall be our last issue of the Beat Magazine as we usher in 2015.

World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from August 1-7 to highlight the vital role breastfeeding plays.  Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life is one of the simplest, smartest and most cost-effective ways to support children to grow healthy and strong.

This year’s theme is, ‘Breastfeeding: a winning goal for life!’ which underscores the critical link between breastfeeding and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

This linkage is...

Six-year-old Christian Alex was mauled to death in broad daylight by dangerous dogs on Wednesday last week in Dar es Salaam. Sad news indeed.

>Six-year-old Christian Alex was mauled to death in broad daylight by dangerous dogs on Wednesday last week in Dar es Salaam. Sad news indeed.

A world first will be taking place this month when a full week of African documentary films are broadcast across sub-Saharan Africa on DStv channel ED (channel 190) and GOtv (channel 65).

This unique film event will see a diverse and exciting range of films screened across 49 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, to coincide with the Durban International Film Festival, the largest film festival in South Africa that takes place from July 17th – 27th.

The diverse range of stories from East, West...

>In last week’s article, the author outlined the need for periodic policy reviews in Tanzania with the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Development Policy, 2003 as a case study. The article described what policies are and why policy reviews are necessary.

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 Katika kuendelea kusherehekea Muungano wetu na pia kujiunga na wenzetu wa nchi ya Zambia ambao nao mwaka huu wanasherehekea miaka 50 tangu wapate Uhuru (25 Oktoba), Ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini Zambia unapenda kuwajulisha kuwa umeandaa maonesho ya bidhaa zinazozalishwa nchini Tanzania.
Ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini Zambia unachukua nafasi hii kuwakaribisha rasmi Watanzania kuja kushiriki katika maonesho haya. Tuna amini ni nafasi nzuri ya kujitanganza na kuonana uso kwa uso na wadau...

Katika kuendelea kusherehekea Muungano wetu na pia kujiunga na wenzetu wa nchi ya Zambia ambao nao mwaka huu wanasherehekea miaka 50 tangu wapate Uhuru (25 Oktoba), Ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini Zambia unapenda kuwajulisha kuwa umeandaa maonesho ya bidhaa zinazozalishwa nchini Tanzania.
Ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini Zambia unachukua nafasi hii kuwakaribisha rasmi Watanzania kuja kushiriki katika maonesho haya. Tuna amini ni nafasi nzuri ya kujitanganza na kuonana uso kwa uso na wadau mbalimbali...