UNICEF, WHO and Gavi Join Forces with Tanzania to Launch Massive Rubella-Measles Immunisation Drive

The Federal Republic of Germany today signed an intergovernmental agreement with the East African Community (EAC) in order to support vaccinations in the region. Germany makes available a financial contribution of 20 million Euros in support of an immunisation programme that will be implemented in collaboration with the GAVI Alliance.
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Two international charity organisations have issued Sh40 billion to bolster the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare’s countrywide immunisation campaign on malaria and rubella.

The Chairman, IPP Group of Companies, Dr. Reginald Mengi (centre) with  Project Coordinator—Measles-Rubella at Lions Clubs Tanzania, Mr. Abdul Majeed Khan (right) and a Past Governor, Lions Clubs Tanzania, Mr. Wilson Ndesanjo during the inauguration of Integrated Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign for Dar es Salaam region.

>Africa Internet Group (AIG), a network of companies offering online services, is targeting Tanzania’s middle class to transform the country into online shopping culture.

>Airtel Money customers can now send and receive money from Tigo’s Tigo Pesa platform, thanks to an initiative launched in Dar es Salaam yesterday.The initiative is known as interoperability service.

Today is World Malaria Day. About 3.4 billion people, almost half the world’s population, are at risk of malaria, according to the World Health Organisation. In 2012, there were about 207 million malaria cases and an estimated 627,000 malaria deaths.

Professor Patrick PLO Lumumba of Kenya School of law, among other issues concerning the ongoing Katiba making process, had one message to politicians: Shelve all political parties’ ideologies, put the national interest at forefront.

Players in forest conservation have been asked to harmonise the messages and efforts they make in sensitising communities to preserve Mother Nature. It is only by synchronising the messages that people will understand, according to Mr Gwamaka Mwakyanjala, the Mama Misitu manager.