The meeting schedule shows that the representatives will meet the Zanzibar President Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi and President Samia Suluhu Hassan on November 18 and November 19, this week respectively.
During the meeting, the envoys will receive directives from the country’s top leaders for smooth implementation of the country’s economic diplomacy.
Also, the meeting will enable them to exchange experience, list down their challenges and come up with strategies conducive for effective implementation of their duties.
It is expected that after the meeting, Tanzania embassies will come up with new approaches that will increase creativity in bringing development and realisation of the government’s Development Vision 2025.
Reading the opening speech on behalf of Dr Tax, the docket’s deputy minister, Mr Mbarouk Nassor Mbarouk said envoys are challenged to initiate, display bargaining powers and strike beneficial deals to the country.
“We shouldn’t wait for contracts and agreements to come from the host countries for us to make recommendations. We should initiate and make close follow up on the implementations,” he said.
He said the country’s foreign policy was the reflection of the local policies, calling upon envoys to continue focusing on national priorities in implementation of their duties in accordance with the country’s Development Vision 2025, the Zanzibar Development Vision 2050, the National Five Year Development Plan and the CCM Election Manifesto.
Mr Mbarouk asked envoys to abide by priorities endorsed by both sides of the union and special Zanzibar issues, stressing that the country representatives should work in unity, cooperation and sharing important information for the interest of the nation.
According to him, regional meetings needed to be maintained in order to strengthen efficiency in implementation envoys duties, saying that the world community was currently surrounded with competition, resources utilisation in developing its people.
“In case we have discovered a large market of locally produced goods, then we are supposed to analyse market conditions and accurately take the information to the local businessmen and producers,” he stressed. But, the docket’s Permanent Secretary, Ms Fatuma Rajabu said the meeting is significant in strengthening economic diplomacy and the country’s foreign policy as it provides an opportunity for envoys to share their experience and collectively find solutions to the challenges they are facing.
On the weekend, Dr Tax told editors from different media outlets that Tanzania embassies have done a commendable job in attracting investment, opening markets, securing low interest development loans and tourists attraction.
“The visits of President Samia Suluhu Hassan to China, the Vice President Philip Mpango’s visit to Ivory Coast, President Hussein Ali Mwinyi to Oman and Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa to South Korea are some few examples,” she said.
She pointed out that , the public and private sector stakeholders have been invited to meet envoys on November 17 this week to discuss different issues executed by their offices before the envoys visit tourists’ attractions and strategic development projects , the port of Malindi and Manga Pwani.
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Dodoma — Tanzania today confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive for the virus following investigations and laboratory analysis of suspected cases of the disease.
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.
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