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WHO strengthens sentinel surveillance for vaccine preventable diseases

18-20 June 2018, Dodoma: A sentinel surveillance system is used…

Facilitator supporting participants during the training

Training journalists on road safety reporting

29 May 2018, Dar es Salaam: The 2015 World Health Organization’s…

Training participants and facilitators in a group photo

Tanzania launches training for national rapid response teams with focus on Ebola

25-28 June 2018, Morogoro: As part of ongoing efforts to prepare…

Training in session

WHO supports validation and costing of the National Action Plan for Health Security for Zanzibar

Zanzibar, 18-22 June 2018: Today, we are challenged by a variety of…

Staff during group work

Delivering results through the lens of Theory of Change

Dar es Salaam, 9-13 April 2018: Theory of Change is an ongoing…

The Guest of Honor delivering the World Health Day message

Zanzibar commemorates World Health Day 2018

Zanzibar, 8 April 2018: The 70th anniversary of World Health Day,…

The National IHR focal point presenting the work of Tanzania

Strengthening capacity to implement International Health Regulations (IHR)

Dar es Salaam, 27 April 2018: A four-day face to face workshop to…

WHO staff vaccinating a girl during the occasion.

Tanzania rolls out vaccination against cervical cancer

Dar es Salaam, 10 April 2018: Today, Tanzania achieved a historical…

Honorable Hamad Rashid Mohamed, Minister of Health for Zanzibar, making his remarks during the World TB Day 24 March 2018.

Commiting to #EndTB in Zanzibar

Zanzibar, 24 March 2018: The World TB Day was commemorated in…

Minister for Health, Hon. Ummy Mwalimu, witnessing a child taking the new child-friendly TB medicine

Tanzania launches new TB medicine formulation for children

Dar es Salaam, 20 March 2018: The introduction of pediatric fixed-…