United Republic of Tanzania News

Evaline William sits on a wooden bench at a vaccination point, carrying on her lap two-year-old, Precious Wolfgang.

The congestion has eased at the vaccination area at Sabasaba health facility in Morogoro regional town, 200 kilometers from Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital of Tanzania. Earlier in the morning, Evaline was not encouraged to take her daughter for vaccination. Afterall, Precious has received all vaccines as per the national schedule.

Bagamoyo, 2-7 September 2019: The National Malaria Control Programme in Tanzania with support from WHO and the Roll Back Malaria Partnership organi

The United Republic of Tanzania is among 11 countries that contribute 55 percent of new malaria cases globally according to WHO Malaria report published in 2018. The national HMIS data showed that malaria related deaths decreased from 20per1000 cases in 2014 to nine per 1000 cases in 2018. However, this has not taken Tanzania from the list of high burden countries.

WHO recently participated in the 7^th Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) Scientific Conference organized under the theme Health Research and Innovation for Sustainable Economic development. Event gathered researchers, medical practitioners and health professionals - local and international working in various areas of health to share their research findings with other stakeholders.

One of the areas that needs to catch up in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is laboratory services.  A lack of investment, insufficient technical assistance and a shortage of diagnostic tools pose a challenge to the scale-up of interventions, particularly in WHO’s African Region.