LAKE ZONE: Half of women give birth at home

>Nearly half of female students of Tura Ward Secondary School in Uyui District, Tabora Region, have reportedly failed to complete their studies after getting pregnant, The Citizen has reliably been informed.

>The killing of old women over witchcraft beliefs have resurfaced in Geita Region after a resident of Nyabalasana Village, Kakubilo Ward in Geita District, Shiduki Masala, 60, was murdered by unidentified assailants.

>More than 20 people have reportedly been bitten by dogs with rabies in Igunga District, Tabora Region.

>Brutal killings of elderly people have been reported in the Lake Zone ahead of the festive season, The Citizen has learnt.

Mandera county in north eastern Kenya is one of the most dangerous places in the world for a woman to give birth.

Kagera. Local residents are asking the government to speed up the implementation of a project to hook up Lake and Central Zones to a safe water reservoir at Lake Victoria.

According to the World Health Organization, at least 3.3 million of the world’s children under age of five die from a serious birth defects. Local scientists, say out of the 1000 children are born alive in Tanzania, at least 60 have birth anomalies.

>The high  rate of births delivered through  Caesarian section at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) took centre stage at a symposium yesterday.

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