Tanzania needs USD86 for basic health services

 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...

Consider the following: Tanzania lost USD 2.9 billion between 2008 and 2011 through illicit financial flows; USD 1.2 billion in the 2011/2012 fiscal year through tax exemptions; and USD 305 million through uncollected customs revenue.

Effective provision of basic services is critical for poverty reduction in Tanzania as in many developing countries, and contributes to state legitimacy. Failures in service delivery are a key reason that people fall into poverty, for example through ill...

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania: 28 May 2015:In its efforts  to achieve an AIDS-free generation, the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat in collaboration with  the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a five-year project on Cross-Border Health Integrated Partnership (CB-HIPP) designed to extend integrated health services in strategic border areas and other transport corridor sites. The ceremonial launch took place yesterday at the EAC...

 NEWLY LAUNCHED EAC-USAID HEALTH PROJECT TO IMPROVE HEALTH SERVICES  ALONG CROSS BORDER SITES
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania: 28 May 2015: ​In its efforts  to achieve an AIDS-free generation, the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat in collaboration with  the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a five-year project on Cross-Border Health Integrated Partnership (CB-HIPP) designed to extend integrated health services in strategic...

>Mtombozi village residents have asked the government to supply their dispensary with electricity in an effort to improve delivery of health services in rural areas.

Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Head of AKDN’s Social Welfare Department looks on as AFD’s deputy Chief Executive Officer, Jacques Moineville, and Amin Habib, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aga Khan Health Services in Tanzania exchange agreements following the signing ceremony which took place Friday 9th May in France.

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Aga Khan Development Network today signed a US$ 79.8 million agreement, in an effort to substantially enhance the...

Non-state actors dealing with health and human rights have urged the government and the Constituent Assembly to recognise health as a basic human right and state it as such in the Constitution.

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'Draft constitution does not recognise health as basic right'
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The second draft of the new constitution does not recognise health as a basic right and stakeholders want the Constitution Review Commission (CRC) to address the anomally,which they say denies Tanzanians their right to life. “Failure to consider health as a ...

Facebook is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the introduction of the Internet.org app by hosting a Developer Day at iHub in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday, 27 July

*Internet.org brings new users onto mobile networks on average over 50% faster after launching free basic services

*More than half of the people who come online through Internet.org are paying for data and accessing the internet within the first month

*Internet.org users accessed health services more than a million times just in...