Govt told to invest more in child care

A lawmaker has advised the government to stop granting tax exemptions for two years and use the money for investing in fishery, livestock and mining sectors.

Under the initiative, experts would be brought in from the United States “to work hand in hand with Tanzanians”

>Although Tanzania has relatively made some progress in reducing under-five deaths -- thus meeting the Millennium Development Goal Four -- weak public and private health systems remain the biggest challenge.

One day before world leaders convened in New York this week for the launching of new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global health experts were also meeting in Dar es Salaam—pondering on how the new goals could be of benefit to millions of babies who are born with birth-defects across the world.

President Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete meets His Highness the Aga Khan in Toronto during a meeting on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.  Looking on the left is the Canadian Prime Minister the Righ Honorable Stephen Harper.(photo by Freddy Maro).

His Highness the Aga Khan today praised Canada’s global leadership in efforts to improve maternal, neonatal and child health and stressed the importance of innovative and community-based approaches in meeting the challenge which he described as...

Tanzania Early Childhood Development Network (TECDEN) is a network that is formed by various Organizations which are working to improve children livelihood in Tanzania.

This Network was established in year 2000 and officially registered in 2004. The headquarters of the Network are based in Dar es Salaam. To date 2015, the Network has a total of more than 200 members’ organizations in 14 Administrative regions of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.

1. Goal:
The Network aimed at improving the...

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The out-of-pocket payment (OOP) system, which is mostly used by patients who are not covered by health insurance schemes, took centre stage at a recent national health conference in Dar es Salaam.