Govt’s new strategy on health workers

The government has lived up to its healthcare plans last week when it announced that it would send over 5,000 rural health workers for formal training.

 Prof Japhet Killewo, a medical doctor and Epidemiologist from Muhimbili University, speaks to experts who convened in Dar es Salaam to share research findings and discuss meaningful policies to address maternal and newborn health in Tanzania. The third year dissemination workshop was sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and organized by partners within the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Muhimbili University, Johns Hopkins University and...

The Ag Khan Health Services, Dar-es Salaam (AKHS-Dar), has embarked on an ambitious three-year medical intervention strategy to extend health services to most remote areas of Tanzania, as it marks fifty years of operation in the country.

>Singida regional commissioner, Dr Parseko Kone, has advised the ministry of Water to embrace a participatory approach in efforts to protect sources of the crucial resource.

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University reviews curriculum to reflect govt's BRN strategy
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In a bid to support the government's Big Results Now (BRN) strategy, the University of Iringa (UoI) has started to review its curriculum to correspond with the education policy and the labour market demand. Speaking over the weekend in Dar es Salaam when ...

 The situation at Bulyanhulu Gold Mine is somewhat uneasy, in the wake of allegations by some workers that the management is violating occupational and safety regulations.

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New plan to beef up health workers launched
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THE Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has launched its third Human Resources for Health and Social Welfare Strategic Plan (HRHSP) aiming, among other things, to reduce the gaping deficit of health workers from 52 per cent in 2014 to 30 per cent by ...

Members of the public have been called upon to reveal corrupt health workers in a bid to improve delivery of health services in the country.

Doctors in public hospitals have gone on strike, saying they lack the necessary protective equipment to tackle the pandemic.