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2% of world’s COVID-19 vaccines administered in Africa

Less than 2% of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to date globally have been in Africa,...
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Tanzanian AI Health Scientists Navigate A ‘Data Desert’ 

In their quest to digitise cancer screening in Tanzania using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Sang’udi Sang’udi and his team...
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Tanzania: Scientists Find Effective Approach To Protect School-Children From Malaria

Schoolchildren could easily and effectively be protected from malaria with preventive medication if it’s administered to them during their regular school day, says a new study, which offers fresh...
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In Mwele’s Footsteps: Meet The NIMR Scientist Decoding Mosquito Behaviour

For many in Tanzania, the mere mention of mosquitoes conjures a distressing image of malaria, the debilitating disease they carry. Beyond the illness, there's the constant nuisance – the...
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What It Takes To Raise A Child With Down Syndrome In Tanzania

When Ola* was born, 21 months ago in Mtwara Region, South-eastern Tanzania, his parents looked forward to grooming...
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Tanzanian Nurse Eyes $250,000 In Global Award Finals

Wilson Fungameza, a nurse at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH)-Mloganzila branch, has made it to the top 10 finalists...
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Tanzania Issues Travel Advisory Following Murburg Outbreak

The Government of Tanzania has issued a travel advisory requiring all travelers from Kagera region to fill a...
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Dr.Ouma: Tanzania Marburg Outbreak Reminds Africa To Heighten Health Security

Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)’s Acting Director Dr.Ahmed Ogwell Ouma has reminded the African...
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WHO Deploys Emergency Response Team In Tanzania’s Marburg-hit Region

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The World Health Organisations (WHO) is deploying an emergency...
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Tanzania Confirms Marburg Virus Outbreak

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The Ministry of Health in Tanzania has confirmed an...

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Becoming A ‘Disease Detective’ In Tanzania

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When the country is tense, say at the height of a disease outbreak or other health threats, Oscar Mwashiuya’s job entails being on the...

Uganda declares end of Ebola disease outbreak

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Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus, less than four months after the first case was confirmed...

Doctor Who Diagnosed Tanzania’s First Three HIV Cases In 1983

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At the age of 91, Callixte Twagirayezu would be mistaken for a person a bit younger than his actual age. He has the natural...

Prof Tumaini Nagu: Tanzania’s New Chief Medical Officer

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President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed Professor Tumaini Joseph Nagu, a specialist in internal medicine, to be the Chief Medical Officer. Prof Nagu’s appointment is...

Prof Aboud’s Meteoric Rise To The Helm Of NIMR

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Professor Said Aboud, a medical doctor and virologist who rose to fame at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania, has taken over...

How MUHAS Rose To Clinch Top Position In East & Central Africa

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Fifteen years after it was hived off from the University of Dar es Salaam—where it was a constituent college—now the full-fledged varsity, the Muhimbili...
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