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Activists want National Action Plan for People with Albinism in Tanzania
Tanzania is home to over 75,000 people who live with albinism, therefore the country is ripe for National Action Plan to this effect
Tanzanian to become new World Health Organization’s Regional Director for Africa in February 2025
Dr Ndugulile was nominated during the Seventy-fourth session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for Africa, held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
‘Her Needs Tanzania’ raises over 200 million/- for supplying free sanitary pads to 40,000 schoolgirls
It costs six dollars to support one girl with sanitary pads in a year, which is a more worthy cause, costing the same price as a cup of Starbucks coffee.
Arusha distributes 120 artificial limbs to people with disabilities in the Northern City
Through a special humanitarian campaign known as ‘Touching Lives!’ the artificial limbs were donated to the needy in addition to 600 wheelchairs.
Mozambique introduces Malaria Vaccine which is effective in preventing the disease among children
Mozambique has received about 800,000 malaria vaccine doses to vaccinate around 300,000 children through the country’s Expanded Program on Immunization.
World Health Organization invites Emergence Use Listing for development of Vaccines against Mpox
There is a serious and growing outbreak of the illness in the Democratic Republic of Congo, that has now expanded outside the country to as far as Burundi and recently Kenya.
Friends of Tanzania in India and UAE start mission to provide schoolgirls with sanitary pads
“The target is to distribute sanitary pads to more than 10,000 Tanzanian Girls,” revealed Arjun Kaur Mittal, who champions the special health campaign for female students.
Five Million East African Border Residents splashed with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Projects
It is reported that the project came in handy during the time when Covid-19 was taking major toll around the region and world as whole
East Africa on red alert as Monkeypox erupts in DR Congo and Burundi
DR Congo and Burundi directly border Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and South Sudan, thus raising health concern in the community
How Tanzania’s successful Marburg outbreak control helps to boost emergency preparedness
The World Health Organization takes us through the 12 months of dealing with the Marburg Disease and successfully controlling it