EAC to tackle chronic diseases

Despite a wide range of policies and strategies, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remain the leading causes of death in Tanzania.

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Like many other countries in the world, Tanzania is making progress in dealing with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). But the burden of these chronic maladies is huge and poses a big threat to the wellbeing of society.

>The EAC partner states will deploy about 600 healthcare workers to the Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa, according to Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Health, Mr James Macharia.

The East African Community (EAC) has been challenged to act accordingly in resolving the political crisis in Burundi and end the killings.

>Sikonge District authorities have been blamed for failing to address water shortage facing residents of Kipili Ward.

>A report by the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network released over the weekend provides a disturbing scenario: 20 million people in East Africa are chronically poor!

The concern by MPs, especially those who hail from constituencies where sugarcane is a major cash crop, are agitating for a curb in sugar importation and on the outset, their concern makes a lot of sense. Tanzania is blessed with a climate and soils that are optimally good for sugarcane farming, which means we should boast as global supplier of the sweetening product whose global demand is insatiable.

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