Tanzania News News Tanzania » Health: Tanzania urged to increase health funding as aid landscape shifts
TANZANIA will need to invest more of its own resources in public health to sustain gains made over the past two decades, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC Tanza ...
News Tanzania » Health: From HIV Response to Health Security: Tanzania’s 20-Year Partnership with the US
TWENTY years ago, Tanzania faced a very different public health landscape. HIV remained a major national challenge, laboratory capacity was limited, and disease surveillance systems were far less ...
News Tanzania » Health: Tanzania records big drop in antibiotic misuse, AMR deaths
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania has reduced inappropriate antibiotic consumption by 88 percent and cut deaths linked to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 14 per cent, marking a significant milestone in ...
News Tanzania » Health: Marburg Virus Spreads in Tanzania, Health Officials on High Alert
Tanzania's Ministry of Health has confirmed five people died in a first-ever Marburg virus outbreak near the border with Uganda. The virus causes a severe hemorrhagic fever and is deadlier than the ...
News Tanzania » Health: Tanzania Intensifies Ebola Preparedness As DRC Outbreak Raises Regional Concern
Tanzania has conducted a rapid assessment of proximity and interaction with outbreak areas in Congo and Uganda to identify regions at highest risk and take appropriate measures.
News Tanzania » Health: Chinese medical team marks Children's Day with free medical outreach in Tanzania
Members of the 28th batch of the Chinese medical team in mainland Tanzania instruct a student on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques at a school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 1, 2026.
News Tanzania » Health: Health Experts Warn Against Confusing TB Symptoms With Lung Cancer
HEALTH experts at Bugando Zonal Referral Hospital in Mwanza have urged people experiencing symptoms commonly associated with tuberculosis (TB) to undergo comprehensive medical examinations to ...
News Tanzania » Health: Tanzania: National health fund risks collapse over mounting debt
The Tanzania government’s ambitious programme to attain universal health insurance coverage is struggling in its early stages of transforming the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) which has faced ...
News Tanzania » Health: Cardiotan Imaging Conference welcomes 600 specialists for Tanzania's first heart transplant procedure
OVER 600 cardiovascular specialists from around the world are in Dar es Salaam for the Fourth International Heart Team Africa CardioTan Imaging 2026 Conference, whose discussions focus on advancing ...
News Tanzania » Health: Tanzania Health Summit 2025 Reaffirms Ending Maternal Deaths
This year's Tanzania Health Summit (THS 2025) brought together hundreds of health leaders, innovators, and partners in a powerful call to action: to harness the potential of data and technology to ...