Traditional surgery puts children at risk

An alarming number of children have died after throat surgery to remove the uvula, popularly known as kimeo in Kiswahili, in a procedure carried out clandestinely by some traditional healers in Dar es Salaam’s suburbs.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

IPPmedia

26 Jul

How mother puts life of child at risk

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How mother puts life of child at risk
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What lay down in a living room and looked lifeless with bleeding bruises on the throat, a swollen neck and a bulged swollen eye was not a body of a domestic animal left unattended by its owner on Sunday morning, as one would have expected. She was a ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

21 Mar

Construction puts Stone Town at risk

Construction puts Stone Town at risk
Daily News
MEMBERS of the Zanzibar House of Representatives have warned that the ongoing construction of buildings using modern materials including bricks and glass may derail the historical stone town as among the UNESCO's World heritage areas.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

16 May

Over Sh1bn saved as 66 children undergo heart surgery at MNH

>Muhimbili National Hospital(MNH) saved about Sh1.3 billion this week by carrying out heart surgeries on 66 children born with heart defects instead of referring them abroad for treatment.

 

10 years ago

Spyghana.Com

18 Feb

Tanzania puts in place steps to check violence against children

Tanzania puts in place steps to check violence against children
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Speaking during a media orientation on Most Vulnerable Children (MVC), the Acting Deputy Commissioner of Social Welfare, Mr Filbert Kawemama, said that the start of a child helpline – 116 had also been a contributing factor. “We have already established ...
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10 years ago

IPPmedia

24 Sep

Why three Tanzanian children sparkled in World Bank children's art drawing ...

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Why three Tanzanian children sparkled in World Bank children's art drawing ...
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Three out of 150 children entries won the World Bank (WB) Tanzania four week children's art drawing contest that took place between March and April 2014. In this brain cracking art exercise Chanda Lwansa (13) a form one student at Feza Girls Secondary ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Jun

Getting surgery minus agony

Tanzania’s first laparoscopy surgery was greeted with exclamations of surprise and even disgust as more than 100 health workers from all over the country watched as South African Professor of Surgery Zach Koto got down to work at Dar es Salaam’s Kairuki Hospital on Friday.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Nov

Kikwete undergoes surgery in US

President Jakaya Kikwete has been successfully operated on in the United States, Ikulu announced yesterday.

 

9 years ago

Dewji Blog

14 Sep

When Plastic Surgery Fails.!

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Nov

Traditional exports value falls

>The value of traditional exports decreased by $10.3 million (Sh16.48 billion) in the year ending September 2014 compared with that in a similar period in 2013.

 

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