Zanzibar inakabiliwa na changamoto za kimazingira, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuongezeka kwa kina cha bahari, uvamizi wa maji ya chumvi, mmomonyoko wa fukwe, na hali mbaya ya hewa.Continue Reading
Waziri Mkuu wa Tanzania, Kassim Majaliwa amewasihi viongozi wa dini nchini waendelee kukemea vikali vitendo vyote ambavyo ni kinyume na maadili ya dini na utamaduni wa Mtanzania.Continue Reading
Malengo mengine yatakayofikiwa ni kuchunguza mageuzi ya kidijitali, teknolojia mpya na suluhisho za ubunifu katika sekta ya vifaa ili kupunguza athari za kimazingira.Continue Reading
Wakati Tanzania ikiungana na mataifa mengine kuadhimisha Siku ya Kimataifa ya Wanawake Duniani (IWD) leo, bado inashuhudiwa katika ngazi za uamuzi kuna idadi ndogo ya wanawake, vyama vya siasa vikitajwa kuchangia hali hiyo.Continue Reading
Chama cha Kutetea Haki na Masilahi ya Walimu Tanzania (Chakamwata) kinatarajia kumuona Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan kujadili masuala mbalimbali kuhusiana na haki na masilahi ya walimu nchini.Continue Reading
Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan anatarajiwa kuzindua mradi mkubwa wa maji Same-Mwanga-Korogwe Machi 9, 2025 utakaogharimu zaidi ya Sh300 bilioni.Continue Reading
Anasema ilitengenezwa kampeni watu wakihamasishana wasimchague kwa madai kwamba ana nyonyo moja, wakimaanisha titi.Continue Reading
Monrovia — A revolutionary health intervention program in Tanzania, which focuses on improving the quality of care during birth, is significantly reducing the rates of maternal and newborn mortality in the country, according to a new study.
The Safe Birth Bundle of Care (SBBC) program involves the use of clinical and training tools for “improved labor care and newborn resuscitation”. The program, according to the authors of the study, is integrated with “new strategies for continuous quality improvement”. The intervention has “cut maternal deaths by 75% and early new born deaths by 40,” the report stated.
Tanzania’s success is being touted as a model for countries in the region to emulate. The Africa Centers for Disease Control said in February that within a seven-year period, the east African nation cut maternal deaths from 550 per 100,000 live births in 2016 to 104 per 100,000 in 2022. This, according to the African health watchdog, is attributed – among other things – to “political commitment”, which has led to various interventions in the health sector – including better equipment at hospitals and an increase in the number of health facilities.
“This study shows how by working together through innovative partnerships to leverage cost-effective solutions, we can strengthen health systems, improve birth outcomes and save lives,” Tanzanian Health Minister, Janista Mhagama, said. She noted that in light of the “transformative impacts” the program has had on lives and livelihoods, “we are now scaling these efforts across Tanzania”.
The report is the result of a three-year study that assessed “approximately 300,000 mother-baby pairs across 30 high-burden healthcare facilities implementing the Safer Births Bundle of Care program”. The program provides frequent on-site simulation training for health workers, in addition to clinical tools to “better monitor heart rates and perform resuscitation”, the authors said in a statement.
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Despite global progress in reducing the rates of maternal and newborn mortality, Africa continues to experience disproportionately high levels of deaths related to pregnancy, childbirth, and the neonatal. The region accounted for 69% of global maternal deaths in 2020, according to Africa CDC. The major complications, accounting for 75% of all maternal deaths, include obstetric hemorrhage, infection, and high blood pressure during pregnancy.
The SBBC study found that the newborn period accounts for almost half of the deaths of children under the age of five, “and most of those preventable deaths occur in low- and lower-middle-income countries”. The program has drawn interest from other countries, including Nigeria and Ethiopia, as they seek “cost-effective, scalable solutions” to reduce birth-related deaths.
Tanzania has made major strides in the last several years to improve health outcomes. This is attributed to an uptick in government spending in the sector. A 2024/25 revenue and expenditure report of the Ministry of Health revealed that health facilities have increased from 8,549 in 2021 to 9,693. The Ministry also cited an increase in diagnostic and disease detection equipment, as well as an increase in bed capacity.
Access to healthcare facilities in the rural parts of the country, however, still remains a challenge, as is tackling cultural practices and beliefs which tend to discourage women from seeking healthcare.
*The UN Sustainable Development of Goal of reducing maternal mortality by 20230 is less than 70 deaths per 100,000 live births.
Source: allafrica.com
Dar es Salaam. Naibu Waziri Mkuu na Waziri wa Nishati, Dk Doto Biteko amesema Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan ameendelea kufungua fursa za kuwawezesha wananchi kiuchumi ikiwa ni pamoja na kutilia mkazo ushirikishaji wa wanawake katika uchimbaji wa madini wenye tija.
Dk Biteko amesema hayo jijini Dar es Salaam juzi aliposhiriki kongamano maalumu kuelekea maadhimisho Siku ya Wanawake Duniani yanayoadhimishwa Machi 8, 2025.
Amesema kwa sasa kuna ongezeko kubwa la wanawake wanaoshiriki kwenye sekta ya madini ambayo kwa muda mrefu imeendelea kutawaliwa na wanaume.
Kwa mujibu wa Sensa ya Watu na Makazi ya mwaka 2022, watu 6,030,575 wanajihusisha na shughuli mbalimbali za mnyororo wa thamani katika sekta ya madini na kati yao, wanawake ni 3,094,647 sawa na asilimia 51.3 ya watu wote wanaojihusisha na uchimbaji mdogo wa madini hususan katika sekta ndogo ya uziduaji.
Aidha, kati ya wachimbaji wadogo milioni 1.5, asilimia 27 kati yao wachimbaji hao ni wanawake.
“Katika kukuza ushiriki wa wanawake katika sekta hiyo, Rais Samia anasisitiza kutoa kipaumbele kwa wanawake kushiriki shughuli zote za kiuchumi kwa kuwapatia fursa za elimu na kumiliki rasilimali zilizopo kama kupata elimu, mikopo yenye masharti nafuu na kupata vifaa na vitendea kazi na kushiriki katika vikao mbalimbali vya maamuzi,” amesema Dk Biteko.
Amesema ushiriki wa wanawake katika sekta ya madini, ni msingi muhimu wa kukuza mnyororo wa thamani ndani ya jamii.
“Kutambua na kuthamini mchango wao, kunachangia maendeleo endelevu katika sekta hiyo,”amesema Dk Biteko.
Pia, amesema Serikali imeendelea kuweka mazingira wezeshi kwa wanawake kushiriki kikamilifu kupitia utekelezaji wa sera, sheria na taratibu mbalimbali.
Kupitia Sera ya Taifa ya Jinsia na Maendeleo ya Wanawake (2023) na Sheria ya Madini (2017), pamoja na kanuni za ‘Local Content,’ Serikali inahakikisha wanawake wanapata fursa na rasilimali zinazowawezesha kushiriki kikamilifu sekta ya madini.
Amesema hatua za uwezeshaji wa kifedha na kitaaluma zinaendelea kutekelezwa kupitia taasisi za Serikali na wadau ikiwamo Kamisheni ya Madini Tanzania na Umoja wa Wachimba Madini Wanawake Tanzania (Tawoma).
Katika hafla hiyo, Waziri wa Madini, Anthony Mavunde amewapongeza waandaaji wa mkutano huo kwa juhudi zao za kuendeleza ushiriki wa wanawake katika sekta ya uziduaji.
“Nimshukuru Rais Samia kwa juhudi zake za ushawishi wa kutaka mabadiliko ya Sheria ya Madini (2017), ambayo imeongeza ushiriki wa wanawake katika sekta ya madini,” amesema Mavunde.
Naibu Waziri wa Maendeleo ya Jamii, Jinsia, Wanawake na Makundi Maalumu, Mwanaidi Ali Khamis amesema maono ya Rais Samia ya kuunda taasisi inayoshughulikia masuala ya wanawake moja kwa moja ni hatua muhimu katika kuwawezesha wanawake, hasa wanaofanya kazi katika sekta ya madini.Continue Reading
Kitita cha uzazi salama (SBBC) kimepunguza vifo vya watoto wachanga katika vituo vya afya 30 na kwenye mikoa mitano nchini kwa asilimia 75.Continue Reading
