July 29
Tanzania: Vodacom, NBC Dodoma Marathon 2024 Collaborate for Maternal Health Drive
As the main sponsor of the 21-kilometer race in the NBC Dodoma Marathon 2024, Vodacom Tanzania, represented by its Managing Director, Philip Besiimire, participated in the award… Read more »
June 03
Tanzania: Zanzibar Touts Reproductive Health Education
ZANZIBAR: MINISTER for Community Development, Elders, Gender and Children, Riziki Pembe Juma, has urged parents and schools to educate children, especially girls, about… Read more »
November 17, 2023
Tanzania: Kikwete Applauds Govt for Reducing Maternal Deaths
DAR ES SALAAM:FORMER President, Jakaya Kikwete has applauded the government for notable reduction of maternal deaths from 556 in every 100,000 live births in 2016 to 104 deaths in… Read more »
November 10, 2023
Tanzania: Why Teen Mothers Struggle to Return to School
Despite President Samia Suluhu Hassan announcing lifting a ban for teen mothers returning to school one year after she assumed the presidency, some of the teen mothers struggle to… Read more »
October 29, 2023
Tanzania: Maternal Deaths Drops
PRESIDENT Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday launched the new Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (2022 TDHS-MIS), which shows that the country has… Read more »
October 17, 2023
Tanzania: Family Planning Users in Dodoma Hit 64%
DODOMA: DODOMA has been cited among the regions with the highest percentage of family planning services, with the number of family planning users shooting from 40 to 64 per cent,… Read more »
August 29, 2023
Tanzania: What Amref's Safe Delivery Campaign Means for Zanzibar
ZANZIBAR : ALTHOUGH statistics for maternal and child mortality in Zanzibar are still disturbing, AMREF Africa- Tanzania in collaboration with development partners are optimistic… Read more »
August 27, 2023
Tanzania: Concerted Efforts Needed to Curb Maternal Deaths, Mwinyi Says
ZANZIBAR President Dr Hussein Mwinyi on Saturday called for concerted efforts to curb maternal and infant mortality in the country, saying the rate of deaths among expectant… Read more »
July 31, 2023
Tanzania: Mkuranga Authorities Devise Measures to Curb Early Pregnancies
MKURANGA District Commissioner (DC), Ms Khadija Ali has said that authorities in the district have laid down strategy to eliminate adolescent pregnancies in the area. Read more »
July 19, 2023
Tanzania: World Population Day - Why Zanzibaris Should Consider Children Spacing Important
"WE give birth a lot in Zanzibar, let's reduce the number of births to give the mother a break. Maternal and child deaths are high and are related to women giving birth too much,"… Read more »
June 25, 2023
Tanzania: Amref to Raise 1bn/ for Maternal Health in Zanzibar
THE Amref Health Africa in Tanzania will embark on an initiative to raise 1bn/- for funding programmes meant to improve maternal health in the Isles. Read more »
June 02, 2023
Tanzania: Tpa Donates 20m/ - to Temeke Hospital
TANZANIA Ports Authority (TPA) has donated 21m/- worth of delivering beds to Temeke Hospital to enable pregnant women are delivering in a better environment. Read more »
May 16, 2023
Tanzania: Fawe Launches Malala Fund to Empower Child Mothers in Zanzibar
ABOUT 160 young mothers who dropped out of school for various challenges in Unguja North Region, will benefit from entrepreneurship skills in a one-year project initiated by Forum… Read more »
May 14, 2023
Tanzania: Under-Five Mortality Rate Drops By 36%
TANZANIA has achieved yet another significant milestone by lowering the under-five mortality rate by 36 per cent in just six years. Read more »
February 06, 2023
Tanzania: Real Estate Firm Initiates Women Skills Development Programme
CPS Fumba Town Zanzibar, a real estate developer, has unveiled Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programme that offers practical learning, skills and career… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Tanzania: Z'bar VP Calls for More Measures to Control Maternal Deaths
ZANZIBAR Second Vice President, Mr Hemed Suleiman Abdulla has asked development partners and health experts to devise more measures for minimizing or preventing maternal and… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Tanzania: State Initiave Will Address Pregnant Women's Death
EFFORTS aimed at ending deaths of pregnant women, those who have delivered and child mortalities in Kilimanjaro region, recently got fresh impetus after maternal and newborn… Read more »