EDITORIAL: Give people safe water, step up hygiene drive

>Water is life, the saying goes. Yet many Tanzanians die not for lack of the precious liquid but for drinking it when it is  contaminated and unsafe for human consumption. That is why we consider most valid the concern expressed by the medical officer in-charge at Mwanshimba Dispensary in Tabora, Dr George Kavella, who noted that the health of 17,000 people in the ward is at risk because they drink dirty water from a dam.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Sep

EDITORIAL: Give the people a hearing

>Police frequently disrupt demonstrations by opposition parties, even when they are peaceful. Journalists on duty also get the same hostile treatment. This is unacceptable.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Sep

EDITORIAL: To CA members: give the people what they want

>Members of the Constituent Assembly (MCAs) want to maintain the clause in the Constitution that forbids a petition against the winner of the presidential vote. This is truly shocking. What the MCAs are proposing is that once the winner of the presidential votes is announced, no one has the constitutional right to appeal.

 

5 years ago

The Citizen Daily

12 Apr

What hygiene, water access mean in anti-Covid-19 battle

What hygiene, water access mean in anti-Covid-19 battle  The Citizen Daily

 

10 years ago

Dewji Blog

01 May

Malawi takes key step to advance digital payments and drive inclusive growth

Government, private sector, mobile operators and development organizations convene to establish a plan for the future

Malawi took a significant step towards creating a digital payment ecosystem in order to address poverty and drive inclusive growth. An event organized by the Government of Malawi with the United Nations Capital Development Fund’s (UNCDF) Better Than Cash Alliance (http://www.betterthancash.org) and Mobile Money for the Poor initiatives brought together digital payments...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Mar

Improve safe water supply worldwide

The world is marking Water Day at a time millions of people have great difficulty getting it. In Tanzania, WaterAid estimates that almost half the 45 million people do not get safe and clean water. Women and children have to walk more than two hours a day to look for it, rising to seven hours in remote areas.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

01 Aug

Kagasheki pledges safe, clean water for Bukoba residents

Kagasheki pledges safe, clean water for Bukoba residents
Daily News
BUKOBA Urban out-going lawmaker, Mr Khamis Kagasheki, has pledged to ensure that all 14 wards in Bukoba municipality have access to safe and clean water if he is re-elected as a Member of Parliament(MP). Addressing a party meeting in Kashai ward on ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

05 Sep

School for handicapped lacks toilets, safe drinking water

School for handicapped lacks toilets, safe drinking water
Daily News
MORE than 650 pupils at Mugeza Primary School for the Deaf in Bukoba municipality are in danger of contracting cholera and dysentery due to lack of safe drinking water and toilets. The school's Headteacher, Mr Philemon Celestine, named other problems ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 May

EDITORIAL: We should step up HIV war despite big gains

>The virus that causes the killer Aids is still ravaging humankind around the world. Tanzanians are not an exception. Diagnosed first in 1993 in the United States, Aids has eluded a cure to date. Over time, though, immense progress has been made in the war against it.

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

17 Sep

African Development Bank Support for Safe City Water and Sewage Treatment in ...

NorthEast Today
African Development Bank Support for Safe City Water and Sewage Treatment in ...
AllAfrica.com
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a loan of US $211-million to help address the urgent need for improved water and sanitation in the city of Arusha in Tanzania. The sum represents 90% of the cost of the Tanzanian Government ...
Modi is Breaking Taboos for Sanitation:UN ChiefNorthEast Today

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