Tanzania: Universal Health Coverage Key to Provision of Quality Health Services - Mwinyi
[Daily News] ZANZIBAR: ZANZIBAR President, Hussein Mwinyi has argued that the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is important in reaching Tanzania's goal to offer quality medical services. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 4, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Governance Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
East Africa: EAC Challenged to Harness Digital Technologies to Manage Diseases
[Daily News] Arusha -- ARUSHA : THE Partner States of the East African Community (EAC) have been called upon to adopt digital technologies including telemedicine, health apps, wearable devices and artificial intelligence to improve healthcare delivery and disease management. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 3, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
One Village, Two Houses — and a New Tactic to Win the War on Mosquitoes
A different way of thinking about mosquito-borne diseases could save billions of dollars, and end them for good, some health experts believe. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen and Esther Ruth Mbabazi Tags: Malaria Mosquitoes Insects Roofs Home Repairs and Improvements Tanzania Source Type: news
Food prices are rising as countries limit exports. Blame climate change, El Nino and Russia's war
How do you cook a meal when a staple ingredient is unaffordable? This question is playing out in households around the world as they face shortages of essential foods like rice, cooking oil and onions. That is because countries have imposed restrictions on the food they export to protect their own…#ukraine #elninos #carolinekyalo #kenya #nairobi #tanzania #eastafrican #timothykinyua #ethiopia #josephglauber (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tanzania: Government Impresses U.S. Ambassador Over Researches On Diseases
[Daily News] Zanzibar -- ZANZIBAR: THE US Ambassador to Tanzania, Mr Michael Battle has hailed the Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri (PHL-IdC) that is located at Wawi area in South Pemba, for a good performance and progress in diseases research. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 27, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine Tanzania United States, Canada and Africa Source Type: news
Tanzania: Ministry Secures Permit for 51 Job Slots in Health Cadres
[Daily News] Zanzibar -- PRESIDENT's Office, Regional Administration, Local Governments and Special Departments has secured permits for 51 job slots in the health cadres to address manpower shortage in the special departments' health facilities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 27, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
Qualitative process evaluation of the EmpaTeach intervention to reduce teacher violence in schools in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania - Bakari M, Shayo EH, Barongo V, Kiwale Z, Fabbri C, Turner E, Eldred E, Mubyazi GM, Rodrigues K, Devries K.
OBJECTIVE: We explored the experiences and perceptions of school staff and students with the EmpaTeach intervention to prevent teachers' violence against school students. DESIGN: This qualitative study involved in-depth interviews with 58 and 39 pa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Tanzania: Health Centre Nears Completion
[Daily News] Bukoba -- KAGERA : BUKOBA Municipal's Kashai Ward Councillor Mr Ramadhan Kambuga has assured citizens that the construction of a health centre was in final stages. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sustainable Development Tanzania Source Type: news
Tanzania: Medical Authorities Say 97% of Drugs Meet Quality Standards
[Daily News] TANZANIA : THE Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA) stated that an average of 97 per cent of drugs in the country's market meet quality standards. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Governance Health and Medicine Sustainable Development Tanzania Source Type: news
China steps in to save Uganda oil pipeline as Western lenders back out over environmental concerns
Chinese lenders will provide more than half of the US$3 billion debt that Uganda requires to build a crude oil pipeline after financiers from the West backed out following strong opposition from environmental groups. According to Uganda's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, the East…#uganda #eastafrican #irenebateebe #eximbank #lakealbert #tanzanian #tanga #totalenergies #tanzania #indianocean (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Plane crash in Lake Victoria, Tanzania: what it says of air safety in Africa - Paul IK, Thomas JA, Kavishe ZJ, Jubilate A, Nchasi G.
Achieving aviation safety is still a challenge in the African region. The field does not receive much attention before the occurrence of accidents, resulting in tragic outcomes such as high numbers of deaths and injuries. On 6 November 2022, a Tanzanian Pr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Tanzania: Kagera Records Improvement in Childhood Stunting
[Daily News] Bukoba -- KAGERA: THE rate of stunting among children aged below five years in Kagera Region has significantly improved from 41.7 per cent recorded during 2020/21 to 34.6 per cent this year, it has been disclosed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 22, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Children and Youth East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
Komatsu, Hitachi Construction boost financing for African, U.S. buyers
TOKYO -- Japan's Komatsu and Hitachi Construction Machinery are ramping up financing services to support overseas buyers, looking to tap demand in growing markets despite surging prices. Komatsu and Tokyo-based financial services provider SBI Group have partnered to make inroads in Africa, where…#tokyo #komatsu #sbigroup #africa #kenya #tanzania #ghana (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tanzania: Tanzania Records Achievements in Addressing NTDs
[Daily News] TANZANIA : TANZANIA has largely reduced Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), including lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminths, trachoma, elephantiasis and hydrocele. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 21, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
‘Oldest wooden structure’ discovered on border of Zambia and Tanzania
Logs shaped with sharp tools on border of river predate rise of modern humans and may have formed walkway or platformResearchers have discovered remnants of what is thought to be the world ’s oldest known wooden structure, an arrangement of logs on the bank of a river bordering Zambia and Tanzania that predates the rise of modern humans.The simple structure, made by shaping two logs with sharp stone tools, may have formed part of a walkway or platform for human ancestors who lived along the Kalambo River nearly 500,000 years ago.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 20, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Archaeology Science Zambia Africa World news Source Type: news
