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Enabling community participation and oversight in the planning and budgeting of Tanzania’s health services

/ 7 minutes of reading

As part of the country’s decentralisation process, Tanzania’s health facilities take on the tasks of planning and budgeting of health services. In the Mbeya and Tanga regions, a Tanzanian-German project has set up structures and systems for effective community participation.

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Helping Bangladesh’s injured workers return to work

/ 10 minutes of reading

A two-year intervention supported by German development cooperation has been working with employers in the export-oriented garment industry,  Bangladesh’s largest employer, to implement voluntary rehabilitation and return to work policies which not only reduce  time lost through accidents and disability but also save them money and makes them more attractive to overseas buyers.

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Emptying a pit latrine, Lusaka, Zambia

Uncomfortable truths: How Shit Flow Diagrams expose the gaps in urban sanitation systems – and help to close them

/ 11 minutes of reading

In rapidly growing cities in Africa and Asia, the sanitation needs of the very poorest are often neglected – to the detriment of public health. By visualising how excreta is managed as it moves through a city, Shit Flow Diagrams can help municipal authorities to prioritise investments where they are needed most.

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Transplanting a tried and tested approach for improving neonatal survival to new regions

Against all odds: Giving delicate newborns a chance at life in Tanzania

/ 12 minutes of reading

With infinite gentleness, the life-giving needle is slid into the microscopic vein, the oxygen mask placed over the gasping mouth and nose. The flutter in the tiny chest becomes stronger, the monitor now showing a regular heartbeat. Another baby saved at Mbeya Regional Referral Hospital – and the dedicated staff of the neonatal care unit (NCU) for at-risk newborns can now themselves take a deep breath and relax.

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Laboratory worker in Bishkek

A perfect synergy: Germany and WHO join forces to take laboratory diagnostics in Kyrgyzstan to the next level

/ 10 minutes of reading

The spread of SARS-CoV-2 has put laboratories in Kyrgyzstan to the test. Since 2020, Germany has been part of a multi-partner effort to broaden and deepen testing capacity in the country, including the introduction of genetic sequencing.

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