Special scanners to check counterfeits at all airports

>The government through its Medical Stores Department (MSD) has imported five ultra-modern walk-through thermal scanners to facilitate the screening of new arrivals at major airports in a bid to keep the country safe from the deadly Ebola virus.

China has teamed up with Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) to establish a system that will see the latter inspecting the former’s goods right in the soils of the Asian nation before they are exported to Tanzania.

Currently, patients suspected of suffering from brain damage after road accidents in Misenyi District, Kagera region have to travel more than 500 kilometres to Mwanza Region to undergo a CT-scan test

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Scanners at entry points to enhance security – minister
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In a move to enhance peace and security, the government is contemplating on installing scanners at all entry points countrywide. This was said here yesterday by deputy minister for Science and Technology, January Makamba when responding to a ...

Mr. David Nabarro.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DAVID NABARRO AS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR EBOLA AND ANTHONY BANBURY AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AND HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS MISSION FOR EBOLA EMERGENCY RESPONSE (UNMEER)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of David Nabarro of the United Kingdom as his Special Envoy for Ebola and Anthony Banbury as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER).

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>Today every Tanzanian knows that education for his or her child is not a privilege, but a right, which must be given to the child without any excuses. Both the current Constitution and the Law of the Child recognise this right. Fortunately enough, even the proposed Constitution has made this right clearer than ever in Article 52. Governments of all phases since independence have been doing reasonably well in expanding educational facilities for all levels of education to ensure Tanzanian...

Govt must ensure 'special' schools are indeed special
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Several years ago the government established what it called 'special schools' for bright students who were enrolled to pursue secondary school education. Such were Mzumbe in Morogoro, Ilboru in Arusha, Mirambo in Tabora and Msalato in Dodoma, ...

10. Saba Airport – World’s Shortest Commercial Airport Runway.Located about 28 miles south of St. Maarten. The Saba International Airport has the world’s shortest commercial airport runway. It is 400 meters (1300 feet) in total length. Considered the most dangerous airport for landing. This landing strip looks incredible. You have to be a shap-shooting pilot, to land your jet here.9. Toncontin Airport, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Getting through the mountains is only one hurdle to overcome for a...

Is it worth screening travellers for Ebola at airports?