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Tanzania
Tanzania is characterised by huge inequalities despite being classified since 2020 as a middle-income country. The year saw an extraordinary rainy season and peaceful national elections. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the population is unclear since there are no verified data from the government.
Mbulu Babati Kilombero Ulanga Malinyi
Head Office:
Pemba Ifakara
56,483
births in health care facilities within the programme area – that is an increase of 3,400 compared with the previous year.
476
health care Training for professionals and community health workers.
436
newborns benefitted from the services of the Kangaroo Mother Care ward.
Ancuabe Chiúre Namuno
Here’s how SolidarMed made a difference in Tanzania
Healthy newborns in Malinyi
Women, newborns and adolescents
Rehabilitation of hydroelectric power plant
Project term 2018 – 2021
Project term 2018 – 2021
Project term 2020 – 2021
Region Malinyi District
Region Ulanga District
Region Kilombero District
Target group Mothers and newborns.
Target group Pregnant women, newborns and adolescents.
Target group Mbingu Centre, led by the Franciscan Sisters of Charity with a health centre for 20,556 inhabitants, an orphanage with 70 orphans, a kindergarten and a girls’ secondary school (440 schoolchildren).
Objective Improving health care and survival of newborns and (often teenage) pregnant women. Main activities ► Knowledge transfer about sexual and reproductive as well as maternal and neonatal health through education and awareness-raising campaigns in remote villages and schools ► Training of peers, groups of mothers, community health workers, art groups, sporting events ► Improving health care quality and access to health care services through mobile clinics. Provision of services specifically for adolescents and newborns closer to their homes
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Objective Improving the health of pregnant women, newborns and adolescents. Main activities ► Enhancing the infrastructure of health care facilities (renovation of an obstetrics ward in a health centre) ► Continuing education, supervision and provision of basic medical equipment ► Awareness-raising measures at schools and in communities to draw attention to health services ► Home visits by health workers
Objective Ensuring the supply of electric power for vital health care services for the people in the catchment area. Main activities ► Rehabilitation of the hydroelectric power plant by laying a weather-resistant steel pipe ► Training of a technical team ► Supervision and follow-up
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