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Researchers raise alarm over water contamination in Mwanza squatters

There is need for increased awareness on proper handling of safe drinking water among Mwanza city residents, a new study published in the Tanzania...
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MUHAS professor and team win nearly Sh400million for drug discovery, design

Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) on Friday May 25 awarded Sh399, 470,000 in funding to a team of researchers in medicinal chemistry,...
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Tanzania’s new digital App that can track Ebola and other epidemics

A digital tool, known as AfyaData, which was developed by researchers at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania can enable people in communities...
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Places where TB is highly transmissible in Dar es Salaam—scientists

Scientists at the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) have found that the annual risk of Tuberculosis (TB) transmission is highest in prisons, followed by public...
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115 years of malaria in Africa-: new study in 43 countries shows decline in disease parasites

The largest-ever data set of malaria prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa has revealed a long-term decline of the Plasmodium falciparum(a malaria causing organism) in sub-Saharan Africa...
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Fortified wheat improves health of Tanzanian women

Large-scale food fortification has helped reduce folic acid deficiency among urban women of child-bearing age in Tanzania, a study says. The WHO recommends that pregnant...
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Demand, willingness to pay for bed nets high in Tanzania, new study shows

The demand and willingness to buy insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) could increase coverage in malaria-endemic areas in Tanzania, a new study by researchers from Tanzania...
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Mwanza: Where 30% of consumed local alcohol goes unreported but harms the boozers

By Dr Joel Msafiri Francis joelmf@hsph.harvard.edu Only a few studies from sub-Saharan Africa have investigated the alcohol concentration found in local brews and this has led...
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