Overall, urban and rural household food security is generally satisfactory (Figure 1). Food availability has remained stable in all markets. However, household stocks are diminishing at this time of...
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In the wake of dozens of killings of Albinos in Tanzania, UNICEF urges action and respect for human life
DAR ES SALAAM, 23 December 2008 - Following the spate of gruesome murders of albinos in Tanzania with links to witchcraft, UNICEF has called for more concerted action to stop the ongoing atrocities...
Tanzania: US$ 42 million for Zanzibar water and sanitation project
Tunis, 11 November 2008 - Efforts to improve water supply and sanitation in Zanzibar have received strong support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group which on Tuesday in Tunis, approved a...
Tanzania Food Security Update, October 2008
Food security in rural and urban households is generally stable across the country (Figure 1). However, food prices remain above the five-year average and last year's prices, continuing to constrain...
Zayed Charity Initiative heart surgery team continue to operate on poor Tanzanian patients
Dar es Salaam, Oct 17, 2008 (WAM) - A cardiac surgery team from the UAE, Tanzania and other countries is continuing to operate on hundreds of underprivileged heart patients at Membali Hospital and...
Differences in HIV-related behaviors at Lugufu refugee camp and surrounding host villages, Tanzania
Abstract Background An HIV behavioral surveillance survey was undertaken in November 2005 at Lugufu refugee camp and surrounding host villages, located near western Tanzania's border with the...
Tanzania: Asrat's story
Dr Asrat Mengiste arrives at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi, Tanzania. It's 8am, and already 70 patients are lined up for a consultation. In the operating room are 20 local...
Preliminary rural livelihood zoning: Tanzania
INTRODUCTION This report provides the results of a livelihood zoning project conducted by FEWS NET Tanzania in collaboration with the Tanzania Food Security Information Team (FSIT) in July and August...
Committee examines reports of Tanzania on Optional Protocols to Convention on Rights of Child
Committee on the Rights of the Child The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Tanzania on how that country is implementing the provisions of the two Optional...
Tanzania: Floods DREF operation No. MDRTZ006 Final Report
GLIDE n° FL-2008-000011-TZA The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial...
UNICEF, British Airways 'Change for Good' partners mark funding milestone with Tanzania visit
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 17 September 2008 - 'Change for Good', the successful fundraising partnership between British Airways and UNICEF, recently celebrated a milestone of £25 million raised since...
Tanzania: Technical Accident and Floods DREF operation no. MDRTZ007 Final report
The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for...
Tanzania: Cholera kills four in northern districts
DAR ES SALAAM, 10 September 2008 (IRIN) Four people have died of cholera and dozens were admitted to health centres in the northern Tanzanian region of Mara, according to health officials. Mara...
Massive national campaign for accelerated child survival in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 4 September 2008 - In a country such as Tanzania, where most families survive on less than $1 a day, special medical care is an unaffordable luxury. Thanks to the...
Tanzania Food Security Update, July 2008
- Total food production during the 2007/08 agricultural cycle was estimated by Ministry of agriculture food and Cooperatives as 10.8 million metric tons (MMT), equivalent to 104 percent food...
Tanzania: Floods Emergency Appeal No. MDRTZ005 Final Report
Glide no. FL-2006-000164-TZA Period covered by this Final Report: 1 May 2007 to 30 April 2008 Appeal target (current): CHF 980,269 (USD 806,171 or EUR 605,105) Final Appeal coverage: 20% Appeal...
Impeding Tanzanian efforts to implement women's convention were male domination, physical violence, emotional abuse, women's anti-discrimination committee told
WOM/1695 Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 845th & 846th Meetings (AM & PM) Constrained by Poverty, Illiteracy, Tanzanian Women Reluctant to Bring Abuse Cases to Court, But...
Tanzania: FEWS Food security outlook Apr - Sep 2008
The food security situation has improved for most households in rural areas following good msimu rains in unimodal areas and ongoing masika rains in bimodal areas. These rains have benefited many...
Tanzania: Saloum's story
Malaria is one of the biggest killers in Tanzania - claiming 125,000 lives each year, most of whom are children. Yet the disease is entirely preventable and curable. Mtwara, a rural district in the...
Tanzania: Malnutrition dogs Pemba's fishing communities
ZANZIBAR, 10 June 2008 (IRIN) - Against the idyllic palm-fringed backdrop of Tanzania's tropical island of Pemba, almost 9,000 children from fishing communities are facing food shortages following...