United Republic of Tanzania News

Kagera - The World Health Organization (WHO) with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has handed over a refurbished infectious disease isolation unit in Mutukula (a Tanzania-Uganda border community) to the Ministry of Health in the Kagera Region.

Dar es Salaam - In a ground-breaking move to enhance health communication and journalism, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Tanzania urged journalists to accurately disseminate health information to improve health reporting in the country.

Dar es Salaam : The World Health Organization (WHO) has signed a 2-year long memorandum of understanding (MoU) with eleven non-state actors to advance health services and accelerate the achievement of universal health coverage countrywide.

Mwanza/Geneva, – The Ministry of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania, in partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), today launched the national multi-age cohort (MAC) vaccination campaign against the human papillomavirus (HPV) – the leading cause of cervical cancer. The campaign, which is targeting over 5 million girls aged 9–14 years, will run from Monday, 22 April, to Friday, 26 April 2024.

Dar es Salaam: More than 400 people embarked on the walk the talk for health and health outreach activity to climax the commemoration of the 2024 World Health Day organized by World Health Organization (WHO) in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health.

Dodoma- Tanzania Parliamentarians commit to strengthening health security preparedness during an awareness session organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) to keep all parliamentarians abreast with the development in the region and globally, related to health emergency preparedness.

Arusha: Tanzania conducted Joint external Evaluation (JEE) in 2023 with results showing that 73% of the indicators had demonstrated developed capacities between the score levels of 3 to 5. Key recommendations on interventions that could move the country higher and better prepared to prevent, detect, and respond to health threats and emergencies were made.

Dar es Salaam: What started as a calm and regular shift for Dr Iddauha Mohammed, a young surgeon in Same District hospital in Kilimanjaro Region, swiftly turned into a state of emergency, when a road traffic crash patient was rushed into the health care facility.

Written by Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, Country Representative, World Health Organization Tanzania

Dar es Salaam - Healthy children are more likely to grow up to be healthy adults who can effectively contribute to their communities and society.

At the Eastern Regional Conference on Early Childhood Development, stakeholders affirmed continuous investment in ensuring children have access to basic needs such as healthcare services, education, nutrition, and resources for their well-being and development.