How pandemic preparedness let Tanzania successfully control a Marburg outbreak
Is pandemic preparedness work paying off for East African countries? The successful containment of a recent Marburg outbreak in Tanzania suggests the answer is yes.
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Enabling community participation and oversight in the planning and budgeting of Tanzania’s health services
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.
No Baby Left Out: A Tanzanian initiative leads the way towards improved health and survival rates for newborn babies
What does it take to ensure that premature or sick babies born in rural Tanzania get the care and attention they need to survive and thrive? The ‘No Baby Left Out‘ initiative shows how a set of simple interventions can make all the difference.
Ensuring mothers’ and babies’ health in Tanzania
An innovative health insurance scheme, jointly funded by BMZ via KfW Entwicklungsbank and Tanzania’s National Health Insurance Fund, improves pregnant women’s access to safe delivery services and provides financial protection for them and their families at a particularly vulnerable time in their lives.
Catalysing change in Tanzania’s hospitals
A Computer Assisted Hospital Management System increases revenue and improves services