Kenyan agtech Shamba Pride raises $3.7M to grow its merchant network
Shamba Pride has since 2016 worked to enhance last-mile distribution for farm inputs and tackle price exploitation and quality issues for farmers through its merchant network dubbed digishops. The agtech has, so far, built a network of merchants (agro-dealers) extending across 24 counties in…#shambapride #kenya #tanzania #uganda #zambia #sav #graymatterscapital #samuelmunguti #techcruch #buynowpaylater (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tanzania: Tanzania Issues Alert Over Red Eyes Outbreak
[Daily News] DAR ES SALAAM: THE Ministry of Health has urged members of the public to take precautionary measures following the outbreak of red eye disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 17, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
USAID to spend millions to counter lead poisoning
The Scoop In Davos, Samantha Power, the administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development, will announce new steps to reduce lead exposure among children, including a $4 million investment in programs in countries like India and South Africa, according to an announcement shared first…#scoop #davos #samanthapower #southafrica #usaid #globalalliance #unitednations #worldeconomicforum #georgia #tanzania (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sources: African neobank Kuda raised $20M in 2023 at a $500M valuation, same as its 2021 valuation; it has 7M retail and business users, short of projections
Earlier this month, Kuda co-founder and CEO Babs Ogundeyi told users that the Nigerian online challenger bank had reached almost ₦56 trillion (~$60 billion) in transaction value since its 2019 launch. Ogundeyi also said that Kuda had achieved a notable milestone, with 7 million retail and business…#nigerian #africa #nigeria #african #ghana #uganda #tanzania #nigerians #monzo #revolutandstarling (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tanzania: Number of Cholera Patients Reaches 14 in Bukoba Municipality
[Daily News] Bukoba -- Bukoba District Commissioner Erasto Sima has said 14 patients have been confirmed to have contracted cholera in Bukoba Municipality, with one reported death, so far. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 16, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Tanzania Source Type: news
Tanzania blocks Kenyan Airways passenger flights in response to Kenya blocking its cargo flights
Tanzania on Monday announced it had withdrawn approval for neighboring Kenya's flagship carrier Kenya Airways to operate a passenger service between the countries beginning next week. A statement from the Tanzanian Civil Aviation authority said the move was in response to Kenya Civil Aviation…#tanzania #kenya #kenyaairways #airtanzania #tanzanian #kenyan #eastafrican #uganda #landlockeduganda #ugandanationaloilco (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Family caregiver perspectives on strengths and challenges in the care of pediatric injury patients at a tertiary referral hospital in Northern Tanzania - Keating EM, Sakita F, Vonderohe M, Nkini G, Amiri I, Loutzenheiser K, Young B, Rent S, Staton CA, Mmbaga BT, Watt MH.
Background Pediatric injuries are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is important that injured children get quality care in order to improve their outcomes. Injured children are nearly always accompan... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Tanzania: Mwanza Declares Outbreak of Cholera
[Daily News] Mwanza -- MWANZA: MWANZA regional authorities have declared the outbreak of cholera disease as 28 people confirmed to contract the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 12, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
500-mg Calcium Pill Protects Against Preeclampsia 500-mg Calcium Pill Protects Against Preeclampsia
The calcium dose tested in India and Tanzania was one third of what is now recommended by the World Health Organization yet just as effective.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - January 10, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
SAP to pay $222 million to settle US bribery charges
SAP, the German software company, agreed to pay about $222 million to resolve investigations into bribery schemes in seven countries, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Justice said SAP has entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement to resolve criminal charges that…#sap #indonesia #southafrica #azerbaijan #ghana #kenya #tanzania #jessicaaber #easterndistrict #virginia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tanzania: Deliver Quality Services, Mchengerwa Orders Health Workers
[Daily News] MOROGORO: MINISTER of State, President's Office-Regional Administrations and Local Governments (PO-RALG), Mohamed Mchengerwa, has called on doctors and nurses in the country to deliver quality healthcare services with wholehearted dedication. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
Longstanding Geisel DarDar Partnership Establishes Tanzanian Hyperbaric Treatment Center
A collaborative effort between Jay C. Buckey Jr. MD, professor of medicine at Geisel School of Medicine, and colleagues at Muhimibili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has resulted in the opening of the first hyperbaric treatment center at Muhimbili National Hospital. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - January 2, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: Improving Lives News Center for Global H DarDar Jay Buckey Tanzania Source Type: news
Tanzania: Milestone As Kairuki Hospital Treats Tumor Without Surgery
[Daily News] DAR ES SALAAM: In a groundbreaking development for Tanzania and East Africa, Kairuki Hospital's team of doctors, led by Dr Fred Rutachunzibwa, have achieved a historic feat after successfully removing four tumors without surgery. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 2, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sustainable Development Tanzania Source Type: news
Tanzania: Mwinyi Insists Physical Exercise
[Daily News] Zanzibar -- ZANZIBAR: PRESIDENT Hussein Ali Mwinyi has continued to encourage adults to spare at least 30 minutes, in three consecutive days, for body exercise because it is important in reducing risks of contracting Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 2, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases Tanzania Source Type: news
Prediction of road accidents trend in Tanzania using ARIMA model: the road safety implication by 2021-2030 - Ndume VA, Rutalebwa EC, Runyoro AAK.
The purpose of this study is to predict the road accidents and justify whether Tanzania can reach the target of the global Second Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 calls. The study applied time-series modeling to determine and predict road traffic... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
