Young mums sidelined over child nutrition

When the crayons end up on the walls or the shoes magically disappear, it is easy to respond in anger. Being a mum is a tough job and even the best mums have their “bad days”.

While the number of maternal deaths in Tanzania stood at 990 out of 100,000 in 1999, the current figure is 460, according to a World Health Organisation report.

Karagwe women feel sidelined
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A SECTION of women from Kyerwa and Karagwe districts have cited lack of confidentiality as a stumbling block to inheritance in distributing of assets left behind after death of a husband. They voiced their concern while discussing a topic on inheritance during ...

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Church says JK sidelined it in Constituent Assembly
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With millions of followers, the Pentecostal Church of Tanzania (PCT) believes it has been sidelined by President Jakaya Kikwete during his appointment of the Constituent Assembly and that the government is ignoring it. The church argues that it sent nine ...

Transport Minister Harrison Mwakyembe has banned 13 government officials from working at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) over harassing and soliciting bribes from visitors.

Dar es Salaam. For a long time, tourism stakeholders have been complaining of a chain of taxes that they need to comply in Tanzania.

The Community Health Fund (CHF) has come under fire from diabetics in Rombo District, Kilimanjiro Region, for allegedly neglecting them.

Training pushes to improve nutrition in schools
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THE Arusha Non-Government Organisation Network (ANGONET) in association with the Partisan for Nutrition Tanzania (PANITA) have set out to conduct extensive training on matters of food and nutrition to local primary and secondary schools.

>Tanzania is in seventh position among 45 countries that have exhibited political commitment to tackling hunger and malnutrition.