Toward availing health care for all in Africa

 Katibu mkuu Wizara ya Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii Dkt. Donan Mmbando akiwa kwenye kipindi cha maswali na majibu toka kwa Vivek Muthu pembeni yake na maswali mengine toka kwa wadau waliohudhuria kwenye mkutano wa Afya wa Afrika unaoendelea jijini Dar es Salaam. Mmoja ya wadau akiuliza swali kwa Katibu mkuu Wizara ya Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii Dkt. Donan Mmbando. Wadau toka nchi mbalimbali duniani wakifuatilia kwa karibu yanayoendelea mkutanoni. Mkutano ukiendelea

The Economist Events (http://www.economistevents.com) will be hosting their Health Care in Africa Summit (http://www.africahealth.economist.com) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania at the Hyatt Regency, The Kilimanjaro on November 18th and 19th 2014.

Drawing together the key stakeholders representing the continents entire health care spectrum, attendees will discuss the key issues, challenges and opportunities facing health care in Africa.

The latest addition to the high-powered speaker line-up is...

The Philips Community Life Center provides crucial access to health care and services through an innovative community hub

Royal Philips (AEX: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) (http://www.philips.com) has opened its first Community Life Center in Kenya, an integrated solution for primary health care and service facilities that provides community development from a health care, lighting and healthy living perspective. Developed by the Philips Africa Innovation Hub (http://goo.gl/2bnujk) and introduced in...

The Chadema presidential candidate, who is backed by the Defenders of the People’s Constitution (Ukawa), Edward Lowassa, has promised that his government will provide free medical services to elderly people and under five years old children.

After rising demands by senior citizens to have their interests represented by presidential hopefuls, presidential running-mate for Chadema Mr Juma Duni Hadji has today announced the party’s dedication towards improving services- particularly health care-to the elderly.

>The government is now banking on the private sector in its healthcare strategies and reforms as it embarks on new plans to deal with the evolving public health challenges facing the country, top government officials in the ministry of Health and Social Welfare revealed at the National Health Summit in Dar es Salaam yesterday.

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Shein urges prioritisation of health care spending
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PRESIDENT Ali Mohamed Shein has asked authorities in the health ministry to prioritise health care spending. Shein made the call during a consultative and quarterly evaluation meeting with officers from the ministry, as he promised increased government ...

The out-of-pocket payment (OOP) system, which is mostly used by patients who are not covered by health insurance schemes, took centre stage at a recent national health conference in Dar es Salaam.

>Although Tanzania has relatively made some progress in reducing under-five deaths -- thus meeting the Millennium Development Goal Four -- weak public and private health systems remain the biggest challenge.