Researchers in Tanzania are beginning to benefit from domestic investment efforts in COVID-19 research following the announcement of eight recipients of the Sh100million research fund donated by the family of retired Tanzanian leader and former secretary general of the...
Using lockdowns to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic significantly increased teenage pregnancies and school dropouts, a study finds.
Researchers say they conducted the study to determine whether the restrictions enforced in rural Kenya in 2020 caused harm to...
Tanzania’s research sector is recovering from a year-long official denial of COVID-19, during which researchers did not have the freedom to study the pandemic. Much of what transpired in the research community during that time, and what has changed...
As a medical doctor working in Tanzania—and having been on the frontline in treating COVID-19 patients, I am still preoccupied by memories of what transpired during the three “unique” phases of the pandemic in the country: the official outbreak,...
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Glaucoma affects one in every 25 people aged 40 years and above in Sub-Saharan Africa
Laser treatment could reduce eye pressure and prevent blindness from glaucoma
But the high level of skill required could limit its use...
Fresh concerns over Tanzania’s capacity to support own COVID-19 research
Family of former PM raises Sh100million amid calls for more funding
Companies have moral duty to protect health, says one of top scientists
Tanzanian scientists have called on local...
COVID-19 studies are likely to become irrelevant due to delayed ethical approvals
Chief Medical Officer cites logistical challenges in final approvals
Tanzania opens space for research on COVID-19, allowing many to submit applications
Health researchers in Tanzania have called...
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Malaria vaccine recommended for use in children across Sub-Saharan Africa
Historic moment’ broadly welcomed but concerns raised over distribution
Vaccine protection ‘incomplete’, other interventions remain vital
The World Health Organization’s recommendation of broad deployment of the first...
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Over 1.2 million cases and 18,703 deaths from typhoid occur in Sub-Saharan Africa annually
Study finds typhoid vaccine to be 84 per cent effective in preventing the disease in children
It is hoped other African countries...
The World Health Organisation(WHO) on Wednesday recommended widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine for children in Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions where the parasite that causes malaria spreads.
With 93% of Tanzania’s population living in malaria transmission areas,...