2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (377+ words) Alfred Zacharia is a business reporter for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers. Dodoma. Retired President Jakaya Kikwete has today begun a three-day tour of Tabora to inspect a community health project set to boost healthcare access for over 36,000 rural residents…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (348+ words) Dodoma. Stress is emerging as a major factor behind suicide among Tanzanian youth, with people aged 15 to 29 recording the highest suicide rate and young men accounting for most cases, the National Mental Health Institute has said. Acting executive director of…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (778+ words) Arusha. African countries have been warned that their dependence on imported medicines and medical supplies is putting health systems at risk. Prime Minister, Dr Mwigulu Nchemba, called for urgent investment in local manufacturing to safeguard access to essential healthcare products…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (256+ words) Alfred Zacharia is a business reporter for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers. Dodoma. More than 3,000 health-sector stakeholders from Tanzania and abroad are expected in Arusha this week for a major conference focused on strengthening primary healthcare. The second International Primary…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (327+ words) Ifakara. Telecommunications company Yas Tanzania has extended its Tumaini Campaign to Ifakara, donating medical equipment and maternity supplies to Kibaoni Health Centre to support maternal healthcare services. The facility is the second to benefit from the campaign, which was launched…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (352+ words) Unguja. The Zanzibar Government and the Norwegian Association of Disabled Zanzibar (NAD Zanzibar) have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening the protection and advancement of the rights of people with disabilities. The agreement, signed on August…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (593+ words) Dar es Salaam. More than 9,500 people received free medical services during a three-day health and eye screening camp in Dar es Salaam, with doctors identifying hundreds of cases requiring further treatment. The outreach held at Mnazi Mmoja Grounds, organised by…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago   (505+ words) Senior Journalist with The Citizen Tanga. For individuals who rely on sign language, a classroom, workplace, public meeting, or family gathering can quickly become a place of isolation when those around them cannot communicate effectively. To address this everyday barrier,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1144+ words) Dar es Salaam. The Government should establish a national system to manage health projects and ensure timely release of funds, proper assessment of contractors before they are awarded contracts and close monitoring until projects are completed and begin providing services,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (590+ words) Dar es Salaam. The government has explained the decade-long delay in completing the Singida Regional Referral Hospital project, attributing such stay to contractor failure, termination of a contract, changes to the project design and the subsequent process of appointing a…...