Today's breaking News from Tanzania, Mwanza, Health

News Tanzania » Mwanza » Health: Health Experts Warn Against Confusing TB Symptoms With Lung Cancer

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/health-experts-warn-against-confusing-tb-symptoms-with-lung-cancer/ar-AA240Hjh

Published on: Monday 25 May 2026

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 » Mwanza » Health: Tanzania: How Tasaf Gratifies for Educational, Health Needs in Mwanza

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202303060174.html

Published on: Saturday 04 March 2023

THE first anticipated advantage of the two Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) funded classrooms at the new Igekemaja secondary school is students' depopulation from the one and only available Kitumba ...

News Tanzania » Mwanza » Health: The Duke Global Health Institute’s Work in Tanzania

News channel or source: https://today.duke.edu/2026/06/duke-global-health-institutes-work-tanzania

Published on: Wednesday 03 June 2026

Dr. Blandina Mmbaga grew up in Mwanza before moving to Russia for medical school. Now Mmbaga oversees one of Duke Global Health Institute’s longest and most complex collaborations: with the ...

News Tanzania » Mwanza » Health: Improving breast cancer care in Tanzania

News channel or source: https://www.theguardian.com/global-health-in-action/2025/jul/31/improving-breast-cancer-care-in-tanzania

Published on: Thursday 31 July 2025

Paid content is paid for and controlled by an advertiser and produced by the Guardian Labs team. Around half of women diagnosed with breast cancer in Tanzania lose their lives to the disease. Here’s ...

News Tanzania » Mwanza » Health: Cascade Analysis for Women Presenting With Breast Concerns to a Zonal Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania

News channel or source: https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/GO.22.00345

Published on: Tuesday 21 March 2023

The US President's Cancer Panel: A Model For Gathering Country-Level Input to Inform Cancer Control Policy and Program Initiatives This prospective cohort included adult women presenting with breast ...

News Tanzania » Mwanza » Health: Managing Malaria in Mwanza

News channel or source: https://www.csis.org/blogs/smart-global-health/managing-malaria-mwanza

Published on: Thursday 11 December 2014

Sekou Toure Referral Hospital is a public facility serving the population of Mwanza Region on the shore of Lake Victoria in western Tanzania. Set in Mwanza Town, the regional capital, the hospital is ...

News Tanzania » Mwanza » Health: Predictors of body composition changes during tuberculosis treatment in Mwanza, Tanzania

News channel or source: https://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn201537

Published on: Tuesday 31 March 2015

Gains in fat mass and lean mass during tuberculosis (TB) treatment may determine functional recovery and survival; yet, data are scarce. We aimed to assess predictors of fat and fat-free mass during 2 ...

News Tanzania » Mwanza » Health: Tanzania is being cagey about suspected Ebola cases, WHO warns

News channel or source: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/tanzania-is-being-cagey-about-suspected-ebola-cases-who-warns/

Published on: Sunday 22 September 2019

The United Republic of Tanzania has been unforthcoming about several reports of suspected Ebola cases in the country, and the reports have been trickling in since September 10, the World Health ...

News Tanzania » Mwanza » Health: Health experts warn against confusing TB symptoms with lung cancer

News channel or source: https://dailynews.co.tz/health-experts-warn-against-confusing-tb-symptoms-with-lung-cancer/