United Republic of Tanzania News

18 June 2022, Dar es Salaam: Today, the WHO Tanzania Country Office team organized its first Walk the Talk event to encourage people of all ages and abilities to move for better health. This in-person and colorful event led by the Acting WHO Country Representative, Dr. Zabulon Yoti and the Country Office Staff Association, invited WHO staff and family members to run or walk over a 5km route from the Country Office premises and along the new Tanzanite Bridge.

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationally and globally that requires concerted efforts of a wide range of stakeholders to address it successfully. Inappropriate use of antimicrobial medicines is among the main drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Dar es Salaam, 2 June 2022: Tanzania has launched a third round of intensified COVID-19 vaccination that aims to revitalize uptake of vaccines in a bid to reach 70 percent of the eligible population and attain herd immunity.

“I called each of my children to make sure they take my grandchildren for polio vaccination,” this is how serious polio vaccination is to Faith Daudi Malungo, a grandmother resident of Mkoka village in Kongwa Tanzania.

Tanzania has completed the second round of supplemental polio vaccination and reached a total of 12,131,049 children against a target of 10,295,316 equivalent to 117.8%. The second round of supplemental polio vaccination is part of four rounds of synchronized campaigns aimed at prevent possibility of the spread of polio in countries bordering Malawi and Mozambique that have each reported a case of wild polio in February and

19 May 2022, Kigoma -Water safety and quality are fundamental to human development and well-bei

Dodoma, 18 May 2022 – The United Republic of Tanzania has launched its second round of vaccination against wild polio. The World Health Organization (WHO) in Tanzania being at the fore-front of the nationwide vaccination drive, committed to continue providing technical and coordination support in close collaboration with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, UNICEF and health partners.

17 May 2022, Dar es Salaam - The United Nations and the government of the United Republic of Tanzania have launched the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF). Officiated by the Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania, His Excellence Dr Philip Isdor Mpango, the event took place in Dar es Salaam on 17 May 2022.

April 2022 – Dodoma & Zanzibar: Dr.

Dar es Salaam, 27 April 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) Tanzania Country Office launched the third WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS).