Charity groups give Sh40bn for malaria, rubella immunisation

Mkuu wa wilaya ya Singida, Queen Mlozi, akizindua zoezi la chanjo mpya ya Malaria na Rubella kwa manispaa ya Singida.Uzinduzi huo umefanyika kwenye kituo cha afya cha Sokoine mjini Singida. Pamoja na chanjo ya Malaria na Rubella, pia dawa za minyoo na mabusha zilitolewa.

Na Nathaniel Limu, Singida

HALMASHAURI ya manispaa ya Singida, inatarajia kuchanja watoto 66,422, chanjo mpya ya Malaria na Rubella  wakati wa kampeni ya kitaifa inayoanza jana  Oktoba 18 hadi 24 mwaka huu.

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German government will provide another 20 million Euros (Over 167 billion) to the East African Community (EAC) partner states for an immunisation programme in the region in collaboration with GAVI Alliance.

>The government has rejected the World Bank’s idea to have a tender to operate the interim project for Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit advertised to allow both foreign and local transporters to bid for the $21 million (Sh40 billion) deal, The Citizen has learnt.

Farmers in parts of sub-Saharan Africa are set to benefit from a $25 million (Sh40 billion) risk sharing facility from the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund (AATIF).

>The government saved about Sh40 billion last month after it officially started effecting a new salary payment system for all public servants.Effective July 2014, the salaries of its employees were channelled to their bank accounts in a move aimed at flushing out ghost workers who have cost taxpayers billions of shillings.

>The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives will, in this financial year, spend Sh40 billion in developing eight commercial farming areas for paddy and sugarcane, improve 39 irrigation schemes and renovate 145 warehouses for storing maize.

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-Company reaches delivery landmark with 700 million antimalarial treatments supplied without profit in 60 malaria-endemic countries since 2001

Novartis (http://www.novartis.com) announced today that, through Power of One, enough funds have...

The Federal Republic of Germany today signed an intergovernmental agreement with the East African Community (EAC) in order to support vaccinations in the region. Germany makes available a financial contribution of 20 million Euros in support of an immunisation programme that will be implemented in collaboration with the GAVI Alliance.
The GAVI Alliance is a public-private global health partnership committed to saving children’s lives and protecting people’s health by increasing access to...