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The Annual Conference for Regional and District Medical Officers kicks off in the United Republic of Tanzania, 8th -11th September, 2015.

Dar es Salaam, 9 September 2015 - The Ministry of Health and Social…

WHO Representative, Dr. Rufaro Chatora, interacting with the school children from affected communities to gauge awareness on cholera prevention measures.

Cholera outbreak threatens four regions in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam, 4 September 2015 – An on-going large-scale cholera…

The WHO Representative, Dr. Rufaro Chatora hands over to the Permanent Secretary one of the water treatment tablets

WHO supports the cholera outbreak response efforts in Dar es Salaam, Morogoro and Pwani Regions in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam, 28 August 2015 - The WHO Tanzania Country Office…

WHO mobilizes 164 500 doses of oral cholera vaccine to help control the cholera outbreak in Tanzania

Kigoma, 18 June 2015 – The cholera risk remains high in villages…

Strengthening the Pharmaceutical System in the United Republic of Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is one of 15 countries that is being…

Improved, timely reporting crucial to helping health facilities better respond to Tanzania cholera outbreak

Kigoma, 9 June 2015 –Tanzania’s cholera outbreak has prompted not…

Pieter Desloovere

Ongoing cholera outbreak in Tanzania puts local population at risk

Karago, 4 June 2015 – Tanzania’s large-scale cholera outbreak is not…

Desloovere Pieter

Proper triage, rehydration and isolation of patients key to bring cholera outbreak in Tanzania under control

Kigoma, 1 June 2015 – The number of suspected cholera cases has been…

Jacob Lusekelo, Laboratory Technician

WHO strengthens laboratory capacity during cholera outbreak in Tanzania

Kigoma, 28 May 2015 – As of 16 May 2015, a cholera outbreak was…

WHO Representative for Tanzania with the medical doctor in charge reviewing a severely dehydrated patient at the CTC at Nyarugusu

Cholera crisis in Tanzania improving despite high transmission risk

Kagunga, 26 May 2015 – The ongoing cholera outbreak in western…