Tanzania: Maternal Deaths Drops
[Daily News] PRESIDENT Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday launched the new Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (2022 TDHS-MIS), which shows that the country has cut down maternal mortality rate by 80 per cent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 30, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Tanzania Source Type: news
Tanzania: Tanzania Firm to Cut Drugs Import
[Daily News] THE government has expressed its resolve to ensure pharmaceutical factories are established in the country despite an opposition from some individuals and entities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance East Africa Health and Medicine Industry and Infrastructure Tanzania Trade Source Type: news
This new malaria vaccine will transform our battle with the deadliest creatures on Earth | Devi Sridhar
The breakthrough has come just in time: malaria has re-emerged in my home state of Florida, and will spread further thanks to climate changeWant to guess the most dangerous animal in the world? When my team asked children in Edinburgh during a public outreach event with schools, they said sharks, alligators, spiders and lions. All good guesses, but none on target. The deadliest animal is the mighty mosquito, which kills more than1 million people a year. Almost 700 million people contract a mosquito-borne illness each year. Mosquitoes carry serious diseases like malaria, dengue fever, West Nile virus, Zika virus and chikung...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 26, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Devi Sridhar Tags: Malaria Health World news Africa Science Source Type: news
Sugar-Coated Policies? Tanzania's Quest for Sweet Self-Sufficiency
We talk a lot about industrial policy at the GPI. Industrial Policy in the real world is not the wonderful ex post examples of Taiwanese semi-conductors, South Korea’s cars, or Bangladeshi garments. More common than these glamorous long shot varieties are when banal industries that are assisted by…#gpi #taiwanese #southkoreas #bangladeshi #tanzania #tanzanian #kilomberosugar #illovo #kagerasugar #bagamoyosugar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tanzania: Swiss-Funded Project Enrolls 4 Million Tanzanians in Health Insurance
[Daily News] DODOMA: THE Health Promotion and System Strengthening (HPSS) through its Improved Health Community Fund (iCHF) Project, has enrolled over four million citizens into a functional and affordable health insurance system. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 24, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa Europe and Africa External Relations Health and Medicine Sustainable Development Tanzania Source Type: news
Machine learning models to predict traumatic brain injury outcomes in Tanzania: using delays to emergency care as predictors - Zimmerman A, Elahi C, Hernandes Rocha TA, Sakita F, Mmbaga BT, Staton CA, Vissoci JRN.
Constraints to emergency department resources may prevent the timely provision of care following a patient's arrival to the hospital. In-hospital delays may adversely affect health outcomes, particularly among trauma patients who require prompt management.... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
AI Tool Peers Into Eyes To Detect Early Heart Attack, Glaucoma And Parkinson's Risk Factors Before Patients Show Symptoms
Researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (IoO) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model called RETFound that can predict heart attack risks by examining a patient's eyes. The UCL Institute of Ophthalmology is part of the Faculty of Brain Sciences of…#retfound #ucl #irish #ghana #tanzania #eastafrican #nhs #clinicians #starpaxbiopharma #airbnb (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The influence of gender-equitable attitudes on sexual behaviour among unmarried adolescents in rural Tanzania: a longitudinal study - Rogers K, Ranganathan M, Kajula L, Lorraine Collins R, Livingston JA, Palermo T.
This study examined how both community and individual attitudes toward gender norms influenced risky sexual behaviour in adolescents, an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Tanzania: Elders Call for Increased Budget to Their Health Scheme
[Daily News] DAR ES SALAAM: KIGAMBONI Council of Elders has advised the government to increase budget for health insurance serving the elderly people so that the group could adequately access medical services. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 18, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
Tanzania: Family Planning Users in Dodoma Hit 64%
[Daily News] Dodoma -- DODOMA: DODOMA has been cited among the regions with the highest percentage of family planning services, with the number of family planning users shooting from 40 to 64 per cent, thanks to an ambitious project currently being implemented by Jhpiego Tanzania in collaboration with regional authorities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 17, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Sustainable Development Tanzania Women and Gender Source Type: news
Tanzania: Bmh Awards Best Performing Sections As It Marks Eight Years of Service
[Daily News] DODOMA: DODOMA based Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BMH) has awarded its four sections for excellent performance, as the Central Zone Referral Hospital marked eight (8) years of service over the weekend. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 17, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sustainable Development Tanzania Source Type: news
Preventing perinatal depression: cultural adaptation of the mothers and babies course in Kenya and Tanzania - Le HN, McEwan E, Kapiyo M, Muthoni F, Opiyo T, Rabemananjara KM, Senefeld S, Hembling J.
Pregnant women and mothers in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk for perinatal depression, warranting a need to develop culturally tailored interventions to prevent perinatal depression. This paper documents the process of adapting an evidence-based preve... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Sudden death after a bite by a lowland swamp viper (Proatheris superciliaris) in Malawi: dying of fright? - Tippett Barr BA, Brown G, Perry M, Ridzon R, Warrell DA.
Proatheris superciliaris, the lowland swamp viper, has a limited distribution along lakeshores and rivers in Malawi, Southern Tanzania, and central Mozambique. Its venom is known to be procoagulant. Only five P. superciliaris bites have been reported, all ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Non-Human Animals and Insects Source Type: news
Seize Opportunity to End Last Major Mercury Device
Credit: UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-5) will take place from Monday, 30 October to Friday, 3 November 2023 at the International Conference Centre (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland. More than eight hundred participants – including Parties’ representatives, non-parties governments, intergovernmental organizations, UN bodies and NGOs – are already confirmed to attend the meeting., according to UNEP.By Charlie BrownWASHINGTON DC, Oct 13 2023 (IPS) As the Minamata Convention on Mercury’s fifth Conference of the Parties (C...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charlie Brown Tags: Africa Asia-Pacific Environment Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Tanzania: Govt Issues Medical IDs to 600,000 Elders
[Daily News] Geita -- THE government has issued medical Identity Cards (ID) cards to 585,600 needy elders as part of implementation of the plan for better health services for such a special group. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
