Implement health plan, Mara regional govt told

All regions in the country will now be rated periodically on progress to reduce the death of mothers and their newborns as the country attempts to beat next year’s Millennium Development Goals deadline.

The Director General of EAC Customs and Trade Directorate, Mr. Peter Kiguta has urged EAC Partner States to play their roles in the implementation of EAC  Standardization, Quality Assurance, Metrology and Testing Act (SQMT) in order to realize the intended benefits of harmonized standards, promote trade and increase competiveness of products in the region.
Speaking during the official opening of the 18th Meeting of East African Standard Committee, which is  underway at the EAC headquarters,...

The road to quality health services remains bumpy, despite efforts by the government and private sector to address determinants of health. While the healthcare agenda is a top priority globally, in Tanzania, the future of the health sector continues to be bleak.

In the framework of on-going World Health Assembly in Geneva, on 21 May 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission People's Republic of China (NHFPC) and the Ministry of Health of Zanzibar signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement a programme to eliminate schistosomiasis from Zanzibar.
As part of the China-Africa-WHO collaboration on schistomiasis control, the signing was conducted by Hon. Wang Guo Qiang, Vice Minister, NHFPC, and Hon. Juma Duni Haji, Minister of...

Councillors here have rejected the proposition to convert a health facility owned by the African Inland Church Tanzania (AICT) at Mkula into a district hospital (DDH), saying the facility still faces numerous challenges including shortage of buildings.

eath is always tragic. The loss it causes in terms of human life is irreparable. Though it is unavoidable, in some instances you can prevent it. That is why there are numerous interventions meant to prevent diseases and other disasters which lead to the destruction of life. Because human life is invaluable, governments have no choice but to go long distances to ensure that they safeguards lives of their people. But this will have great impact if individuals also take steps to ensure that...

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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 ...

Reveal cost of 3.5m unusable Covid-19 tests, health chiefs told  The Guardian

The US Agency for International Development (Usaid) has committed $49 million (Sh98 billion) grant to support the health sector in Tanzania through Results Based Financing (RBF) initiative.