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Official launch of the minilab kits. From Left to right: Dr. Matthieu Kamwa, WHO Representative a.i,; Honourable Ummy Ally Mwalimu, Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children; Mrs Zaina Thabit, Representative of the Ministerial Advisory Board; Mr Hiiti Sillo, Director General, Tanzania, Food and Drug Authority (TFDA) and Mr Yohana Hebroni, Acting Director, laboratory services, TFDA

Strengthening Medicines Quality Control in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam, 1st November 2017: National Medicines Regulatory…

Field Team holding a feedback meeting with CHMT at Singida DC

Fostering partnerships for health: WHO and partners conduct a joint field visit

Tanzania, 9-12 October 2017: Every year, the Ministry of Health,…

Training in session

Raising taxes on tobacco: good for health, good for economies

Arusha, 23-26 October 2017: Tobacco use is one of the leading…

Meeting participants in a group photo

Bringing the human and animal health sectors closer: The National Bridging Workshop

Dar es Salaam, 16 - 18 October 2017: Human health and animal health…

Team in a group photo during the exhibition

Prevent Road crashes -- Obey the Law – Save lives!

Kilimanjaro, 16 - 23 October 2017: This year, the United Republic of…

Meeting in session

WHO and partners meet to reflect on progress made in expanding access to medicines through the EC/ACP/WHO Renewed Partnership Project

The final meeting of the EU/ACP/WHO Renewed Partnership on…

Training in session

WHO supports capacity building for enforcement of and compliance with tobacco control regulations in Zanzibar

The government of Zanzibar recently endorsed tobacco control…

Field worker demonstrating snail collection

WHO convenes experts to enhance capacity for schistosomiasis control across the sub-Sahara Region

Schistosomiasis also known as Bilharzia is an acute and chronic…

Participants documenting key events of the outbreak response in a group session

Best Practice: Tanzania ramps up surveillance to tackle threat of polio

The government of Tanzania is battling an outbreak of cholera that…

Participants engaged in the planning and preparatory session prior to the AAR

Taking stock of lessons learnt from the Cholera outbreak response in Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is battling an outbreak of Cholera…