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This is the report of a follow up household survey conducted in 8 villages of Maramba Division, Muheza District 1.5 years after starting a CBD program. The main findings are The contraceptive prevalence for modern methods was 33 % compared to 24% in 1999. Among clients of oral contraceptives compliance to pill use can...

Goergen,R.|Hiza,M.|Twaha,A.L.A.|Jaenisch,T.; Reproductive health CBD Health Tanzania; Reproductive health CBD Health Tanzania

Tapio-Bistr÷m|Marja-Liisa; University of Helsinki; Food aid Food security Food supplement Food aid and the disincentive effect Health Tanzania; Food aid Food security Food supplement Food aid and the disincentive effect Health Tanzania

The healthy status of piped and bottled waters supplied in Dar es Salaam City and legislations controlling their quality were also evaluated. Water samples collected from some sections of the city were examined for bacteriological (TC and FC), chemical (NO3 and Cl) and physical (Turbidity, color, EC and TDS) contamina...

Ntukula,Johnnie W.|Luilo,Gebhard B.|Mosha, Donatus M. S.; Drinking waters. Healthy status Health Legislation Tanzania; Drinking waters. Healthy status Health Legislation Tanzania

The report is based on a study of 67 men, women and couples who were Muhimbili Health Information Centre (MHIC) and 245 women follow up cases for testing and counseling. Nearly a third of these were HIV positive, almost half were married, and 50% were between the ages of 18 and 29 and less than 7 years of education. T...

Maman, Suzanne|Mbwambo, Jessie|Hogan, Margaret|Kilonzo, Gad|Sweat, Michael|Weiss, Ellen; HIV/AIDA Partner violence HIV voluntary testing HIV voluntary counseling Tanzania; HIV/AIDA Partner violence HIV voluntary testing HIV voluntary counseling Tanzania

A study which explored the links between HIV infection, serostatus disclosure, and partner violence among women attending the Muhimbili Health Information Center (MHIC), A voluntary counseling and testing clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Maman,Suzanne; HIV/AIDS Partners violence; HIV/AIDS Partners violence

Tiliya, M|Mwakalukwa, E|Lendita, W.|Mboya, B|Shemhilu, H; Health sector reforms Health Sector Population, Health and Nutrition Tanzania Human resource development Health workers Centre for Educational Development in Health CEDHA; Health sector reforms Health Sector Population; Health and Nutrition Tanzania Human resource development Health workers Centre for Educational Development in Health CEDHA

Objectives. As part of a community-based reproductive health project in rural Tanzania, a maternal and perinatal health care surveillance system was established to monitor pregnancy outcomes. This report presents preliminary results.

Kilonzo, Andrew|Kouletio, Michelle|Whitehead, Sara J.|Curtis, Brian J.| McCarthy,Kathryn M.; Maternal health Perinatal health Health Health services Tanzania; Maternal health Perinatal health Health Health services Tanzania

A cross-sectional study was undertaken in a rural and an urban area in Tanzania with the aim of identifying factors related to early infant feeding practices. The study included 320 mothers from each area with infants below 7 mo of age. A significant proportion of both rural and urban mothers had erroneous ...

: Shirima, R| Greiner,T|Gebre-Medhin,M; Taylor & Francis Health Sciences, part of the Taylor & Francis Group; Breastfeeding Morogoro Rural Urban Tanzania Population, Health and Nutrition; Health and Nutrition; Breastfeeding Morogoro Rural Urban Tanzania Population

This case study, based on years of experiences in Zimbabwe and Tanzania, describes efforts to address the tough questions related to the rights and needs of children affected by HIV/AIDS, with a focus on their psychosocial needs.

Fox, Susan; HIV/AIDS Health Children affected Ukimwi Tanzania; HIV/AIDS Health Children affected Ukimwi Tanzania

Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund|Ger, Carsten kru|Olsen, Bj°rg Evjen|Naman, Naftali|Olsen, Ole Halgrim Evjen; AIDS HIV Pregnant women Syphilis Health Tanzania; AIDS HIV Pregnant women Syphilis Health Tanzania

Mabadiliko katika sekta ya afya Health Sector Health sector reforms Population, Health and Nutrition Tanzania Sekta ya Afya; Mabadiliko katika sekta ya afya Health Sector Health sector reforms Population; Health and Nutrition Tanzania Sekta ya Afya

Edmondson,Jane; Malaria and poverty Malaria preventions Health Tanzania; Malaria and poverty Malaria preventions Health Tanzania

Malaria handbook Ministry of health Health Sector Health Malaria treatment Tanzania; Malaria handbook Ministry of health Health Sector Health Malaria treatment Tanzania

Sekta ya Afya Mabadiliko katika sekta ya afya Health sector reforms Health Sector Population, Health and Nutrition Tanzania; Health and Nutrition Tanzania; Sekta ya Afya Mabadiliko katika sekta ya afya Health sector reforms Health Sector Population

The purpose of this guide to the Management of Malaria at Health Centre and Dispensary level is to promote prompt, effective and safe treatment of malaria disease whenever it is encountered at this level, to reduce the rate of mortality and morbidity and soci-economic loses caused by this disease through appropriate m...

National Malaria Control Programme Malaria Management of malaria at health centre Malaria control Tanzania; National Malaria Control Programme Malaria Management of malaria at health centre Malaria control Tanzania