Eleven high sex risk groups were revealed; they included Traditional healers; Sew mealers; alcohol servers/bar maids; crews; tailors; fishermen; Primary school pupils over 11 years; shop keepers; some community leaders and Mwesas. CONCLUSION: Because of cultural differences each country should pin...
"Tanzania is at high risk of the Ebola virus outbreak and we are doing all we can to respond to the outbreak," said Mwalimu in an interview with Xinhua from Mwanza on the shores of Lake Victoria. She said she has ordered relevant authorities to fix Ebola scanning machines at Mwanza Airpor...
Tanzania has the largest population in East Africa and the lowest population density; almost a third of the population is urban. Tanzania's youthful population - about two-thirds of the population is under 25 - is growing rapidly because of the high total fertility rate of 4.8 children per wo...
“Tanzania has begun implementing Mining Vision 2030, aimed at reducing the risk of investors incurring losses by conducting research in areas lacking geological information, thereby ‘de-risking the sector.’ The goal of this strategy is to increase mineral exploration through airborne surveys (High-...
The name Ali in Arabic means eminent, high, exalted and noble. Hassan, also in Arabic, connotes good looks and handsomeness; a benefactor and a doer of good. Mwinyi, on the other hand is an African Bantu name loosely translating to brave.
“I spoke to my Kenyan colleague @MusaliaMudavadi. We agree that restrictions on air travel between our countries and from either of our countries to a third country shouldn’t stand. With the relevant authorities, we’ve resolved to settle this issue,” said Mr Makamba on X (formerly Twitt...
Relapse brings about negative effects and it results in a huge burden to patients, their families, the mental health sector and the country’s economy. So far no study has been done to address relapse in Tanzania. The purpose of the study was to explore perspectives on risk and protective ...
In low-endemic settings, active case detection has been used to screen and treat individuals at high risk of malaria infection [8,9,10]. Reactive case detection (RACD) is a specific active case detection strategy that involves reporting passively detected index cases, case investigation, and foc...
(note: there is variation across regions of the country with some health facilities having transitioned to cost-sharing while others are still providing free medications). Without medication due to an inability to purchase it, the chance of relapse increases and can impact the quality of life of...
With a view to developing health systems strategies to improve reach to high-risk groups, we present information on health and survival from household and health facility perspectives in five districts of southern Tanzania. Methods We documented availability of health workers, vaccines, drugs, supplies...