United Republic of Tanzania News

Tanzania is one of the countries that have good collaboration with WHO and other partners in health. This partnership has made it possible for WHO to solicit appropriate support from different partners and collaborators to compliment the Government’s effort towards ensuring improved health services of its citizens. Hence forth, WHO as the UN Agency specialised in Health, has been playing a central role in ensuring that appropriate measures and actions are taken to promote the health of the vulnaurable populations.

The 55th ICC meeting held in December 2010, decided to conduct the SNIDs in the high risk regions in Tanzania to prevent the importation of Wild Polio Virus (WPV). This was also a recommendation from East Southern African EPI Managers meeting in Harare held in March 2011.

Tanzania was considered to be in a high risk of getting importation of WPV due to heavy traffic movements to and from neighbouring infected countries using the Dar Es Salaam harbour. Four regions Kagera, Kigoma, Rukwa and Mbeya were identified to be at highest risk.

Tanzania has been honoured to host this year’s World Malaria Day commemorations at which took place on 25th April 2010 in Dar Es Salaam.

On 11th August 2011, the Government of Tanzania expressed its appreciation for WHO support offered to Rabies Elimination Project in 5 South Eastern regions of Tanzania namely Dar Es Salaam, Coast, Lindi, Morogoro and Mtwara and Pemba Island in Zanzibar.

This was acknowledged by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development Dr. Charles Nyamrunda during handing over of various vaccination equipment and supplies worth USD 103,517 equivalent to Tshs 165,626,544.

Tanzania commemorated this year’s World No Tobacco Day in Bagamoyo District, Coast Region on 31st May 2011. The occasion which was well attended was officiated by Hon. Dr. Hadji Hussein Mponda, Minister for Health and Social Welfare.

Dar es Salaam, 2 May 2011 -- New recommendations calling for an unprecedented level of accountability to save the lives of more women and children in developing countries were agreed today by the United Nations Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health. These new approaches will help ensure that pledges are honoured and resources spent in the most effective way to save lives.

The ten recommendations include specific approaches to:

In response to a request from the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences (MUHAS), Dr. Rufaro Chatora, WR Tanzania organized a briefing of the Masters of Public Health students on WHO, International Agencies and Global Health.

The session took place in the WCO conference hall and it was attended by 11 MPH students and lecturers. Others in attendance were some of the WCO Programme Officers.

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The Government of Tanzania, on 8th June 2011, acknowledged with appreciation the WHO support to health development being given to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.

The Ag. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Gilbert Mliga made the statement on behalf of the Government of Tanzania during the handing over ceremony of three Land Cruisers worth US$154,223 to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for immunization activities.

WHO African region became live on GSM as from January 2011. The Region has progressively moved into training Regional, IST staff members and WHO Country Office staff on the use of this global system to ensure smooth activity implementation is maintained and supported at all levels within the region.

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WR Tanzania Dr. Rufaro Chatora accompanied by three WCO Programme Officers made a visit to the Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries. In this visit the WR was able to meet with the newly appointed Minister of Livestock Development and Fisheries Hon. Dr. Mathayo David Mathayo, for a briefing on the WHO support to the Tanzania Rabies Elimination Project implemented jointly by his Ministry, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Administration.