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Tanzania: HIV Self-test Kits Now Available In Pharmacies. What To Expect
A social media post went viral on WhatsApp recently, leaving people wondering if oral HIV-self testing kits are now commercially available in pharmacies across...Medico VoicesLost in Tanzania’s digital health system en route to Zambia
John*, a long-distance truck driver and a resident of Dar es Salaam, tested positive for HIV through community outreach screening at Chanika Health Centre...Medico VoicesOmicron variant: WHO stands with African nations, calls for borders to remain open
As a growing number of countries impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the new Omicron variant, World Health Organization...Medico VoicesThe people we shouldn’t leave behind in Tanzania’s ‘health insurance for all’ plan
Three weeks ago, I attended the funeral of my friend's father. As usual in our setup, before last respects and going to the burial...Medico VoicesNEWBOOK: Tanzanian-born professor and malaria guru recounts memories in medical practice, rural experience
MedicoPRESS - 0Zul Premji, born 67 years ago in Iringa, Southern Tanzania, is a scientist who has seen the highs and lows of the country’s health...
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Tanzania: Best Female Scientist Following The Foot-Steps of Iconic Mentor Maria Kamm
MedicoPRESS - 0Dr Stella Mpagama, a physician scientist at the Kibong'oto Infectious Diseases Hospital in Kilimanjaro Region, has bagged the Dr. Maria Kamm Best Female Scientist...Medico ProfilesMeet The Winner Of Dr Mwelecele Malecela Memorial Award
MedicoPRESS - 0Dr Anange Fred Lwilla, an epidemiologist at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) has won the Dr Mwelecele Malecela Memorial Award named after...Medico ProfilesFresh Hopes For Pandemic Preparedness At Mwananyamala
MedicoPRESS - 0It's two years since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged. Calls for pandemic preparedness that were made before the viral disease became known, have resulted...Medical JournalismRare interview in the midst of censorship: Dr Mwele’s legacy in science
It was about five months after her appointment to work as Director in the Office of Africa Regional Director at the World Health Organization...Medico ProfilesOne of world’s respected researchers on NTDs dies at 58
MedicoPRESS - 0The scientific community in Tanzania and the rest of the world is mourning the death of Dr Mwele Ntuli Malecela who was serving as...
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Tanzania: Novel Bed Net Makes Mosquitoes Unable To Fly Or Bite
MedicoPRESS - 0An innovative bed net that immobilises mosquitoes by making them unable to move or fly could reduce malaria infection in children significantly, says a...Medico ResearchTanzania: Single-dose rabies vaccine trials in human volunteers underway
MedicoPRESS - 0The Ifakara Health Institute(IHI) has launched a trial for a novel rabies vaccine in human volunteers in Tanzania. The vaccine is designed for use as...Medico ResearchTanzania: Using bed nets in early life ‘ups survival into adulthood’
SciDev Net - 0Children who sleep more often under insecticide-treated bed nets have more than 40 per cent higher likelihood of surviving into adulthood than their counterparts who...Medico ResearchCharacteristics of COVID-19 patients in Tanzania studied amid data scarcity
Average age of COVID-19 patients is 41 years, the study finds The results come at a time when research on COVID-19 in...Medico ResearchWhy we must rethink our strategies on overhead road bridges
Dar es Salaam is among the cities with highest number of commuters in the country, with the majority of these commuters in the young...
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Rare interview in the midst of censorship: Dr Mwele’s legacy in science
It was about five months after her appointment to work as Director in the Office of Africa Regional Director at the World Health Organization...Medical JournalismUDSM researchers to receive science communication training
SciDev Net - 0Almost 100 researchers and PhD students at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania are next in line to take part in a...Medical EducationWhat I wasn’t taught in medical school, why it matters now
When I graduated from medical school as a doctor about a decade ago, I knew for sure that I was entering the world of...Medical JournalismTanzanian health journalist wins award for reporting on infertility
MedicoPRESS - 0Boniface Mashaka, the chairman of the Association of Tanzania Health Journalists (ATHJ), is among 13 winners of the “MeRCK More Than a Mother” Media...Medical JournalismMedical journalism: Another way to write about science
MedicoPRESS - 1Can you be both a medical writer and a medical journalist? Yes, but it involves a change in mindset. For example, the information required...
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Why short-term projects aren’t a good idea for addressing NCDs in Tanzania
People afflicted with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and cancer need long-term health interventions, however, in most low- and middle-income countries; including Tanzania,...ConferencesGaps we can bridge with strong public-private partnership in healthcare
Globally, 400 million people lack access to basic health services and millions of others are increasingly getting impoverished because of high out-of-pocket healthcare costs....ConferencesTanzanian scientists seek to close the gap on human genetics
MedicoPRESS - 0Scientists in Tanzania are working on strategies that will help raise the profile of human genetics and improve research on how gene-related diseases are...ConferencesAfrican Genetic Scientists eye Tanzania for historic conference
MedicoPRESS - 0Scientists working in the field of human genetics and policymakers from across Africa are expected to gather in Tanzania for the 13 th African...ConferencesLessons Tanzania must pick from Vietnam, Thailand on Universal Health Coverage
In the ongoing efforts to ensure professional and quality healthcare delivery for all citizens, Tanzania can borrow a leaf from Vietnam and Thailand; two...
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