Dar es Salaam. Katika kuharakisha matumizi ya nishati safi ya kupikia nchini Tanzania, Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Mitaji ya Maendeleo (UNCDF) limependekeza ushirikishwaji wa viongozi wa dini na wale wa kimila katika kutoa elimu kwa wananchi.
Pendekezo hilo limetolewa leo Juni 21, 2024 na Ofisa Mwekezaji Mwandamizi wa UNCDF, Emmanuel Muro, katika kongamano lililoandaliwa na UNCDF kwa kushirikiana na Umoja wa Ulaya (EU).
Muro ameeleza kuwa malengo ya Serikali ni kuhakikisha kuwa ifikapo mwaka 2034, asilimia 80 ya Watanzania wawe wanatumia nishati safi.
Imani ya Muro ni kuwa viongozi wa dini na kimila wakishirikishwa katika kampeni hii, wataweza kuwafikia wananchi wengi zaidi na kuhamasisha matumizi ya nishati safi kwa ufanisi mkubwa kutokana na ukaribu wao nao.
“Tunataka siku moja kumuona sheikh na mchungaji wakielekeza namna ya kutumia jiko linalotumia nishati safi mbele ya waumini wao au kwenye vipindi vya televisheni na redio,” amesema Muro, ambaye pia ni meneja mradi wa nishati safi ya kupikia wa Cookfund.
Kwa upande wake, Meneja Programu wa Nishati wa EU, Massimilliano Pedretti, amesema tangu kuanzishwa kwa mradi wa nishati safi miaka miwili iliyopita, kumekuwa na mabadiliko makubwa.
Amesema wawekezaji kutoka nchi mbalimbali, wakiwemo kutoka Ujerumani, wamevutiwa kuwekeza nchini na kuwa Serikali imeonyesha kuunga mkono juhudi hizo, Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan akiwa kinara wa kampeni hiyo.
Akizungumza kwenue kongamano hilo, Ofisa Nishati kutoka Wizara ya Nishati, Joyce Msangi, amesema Serikali itaendelea kutunga sera wezeshi ili kurahisisha upatikaji wa nishati safi, ikiwemo kuondoa kodi kwa bidhaa zinazohusiana na nishati hiyo.
Source: mwananchi.co.tz
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President of the Republic of Tanzania, Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, made the announcement during a press briefing alongside World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in the country’s administrative capital Dodoma.
“Laboratory tests conducted in Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and later confirmed in Dar es Salaam identified one patient as being infected with the Marburg virus. Fortunately, the remaining suspected patients tested negative,” the president said. “We have demonstrated in the past our ability to contain a similar outbreak and are determined to do the same this time around.”
A total of 25 suspected cases have been reported as of 20 January 2025, all of whom have tested negative and are currently under close follow-up, the president said. The cases have been reported in Biharamulo and Muleba districts in Kagera.
“We have resolved to reassure the general public in Tanzania and the international community as a whole of our collective determination to address the global health challenges, including the Marburg virus disease,” said H.E President Hassan.
WHO is supporting Tanzanian health authorities to enhance key outbreak control measures including disease surveillance, testing, treatment, infection prevention and control, case management, as well as increasing public awareness among communities to prevent further spread of the virus.
“WHO, working with its partners, is committed to supporting the government of Tanzania to bring the outbreak under control as soon as possible, and to build a healthier, safer, fairer future for all the people of Tanzania,” said Dr Tedros. “Now is a time for collaboration, and commitment, to protecting the health of all people in Tanzania, and the region, from the risks posed by this disease.”
Marburg virus disease is highly virulent and causes haemorrhagic fever. It belongs to the same family as the virus that causes Ebola virus disease. Illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly. Patients present with high fever, severe headache and severe malaise. They may develop severe haemorrhagic symptoms within seven days.
“The declaration by the president and the measures being taken by the government are crucial in addressing the threat of this disease at the local and national levels as well as preventing potential cross-border spread,” said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa. “Our priority is to support the government to rapidly scale up measures to effectively respond to this outbreak and safeguard the health of the population,”
Tanzania previously reported an outbreak of Marburg in March 2023 – the country’s first – in Kagera region, in which a total of nine cases (eight confirmed and one probable) and six deaths were reported, with a case fatality ratio of 67%.
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In the African region, previous outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda.
Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces and materials. Although several promising candidate medical countermeasures are currently undergoing clinical trials, there is no licensed treatment or vaccine for effective management or prevention of Marburg virus disease. However, early access to treatment and supportive care – rehydration with oral or intravenous fluids – and treatment of specific symptoms, improve survival.
Source: allafrica.com
