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Epidural offers women pain relief during childbirth

Tanzania, Sept. 8 -- Dar es Salaam. Pregnant women in Tanzania can now access epidural labour analgesia, a pain-management procedure that can significantly reduce the pain of contractions while allowi... Read More


Stakeholders call for system to curb delays in health projects

Tanzania, Aug. 20 -- Dar es Salaam. The Government should establish a national system to manage health projects and ensure timely release of funds, proper assessment of contractors before they are awa... Read More


Dar leads in Tanzania HIV self-test distribution, lags on follow-up

Tanzania, Aug. 20 -- Dar es Salaam. Dar es Salaam led the country in the distribution of HIV self-testing kits in 2025, with more than 330,000 kits reaching residents, although the region was not amon... Read More


Why Tanzania's health projects keep getting stuck

Tanzania, Aug. 20 -- Dar es Salaam. The Government should establish a national system to manage health projects and ensure timely release of funds, proper assessment of contractors before they are awa... Read More


Tanzania donates Sh220 million medical supplies to DRC to fight Ebola

Tanzania, Aug. 19 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania has donated medical supplies worth about Sh220 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to support efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak and protec... Read More


Government explains delays in Singida hospital project

Tanzania, Aug. 19 -- Dar es Salaam. The government has explained the decade-long delay in completing the Singida Regional Referral Hospital project, attributing such stay to contractor failure, termin... Read More


Mother recounts her son's costly dialysis ordeal, ending in burial

Tanzania, Aug. 18 -- Singida. Inside Makiungu Hospital in Ikungi District, Singida Region, a middle-aged woman sits quietly on a bench in the outpatient department. Dressed in a black headscarf and a... Read More


Patients count cost as Singida referral hospital project stalls

Tanzania, Aug. 17 -- Dar es Salaam. Patients in Singida are paying a steep price for delays in completing the regional referral hospital, with some families selling livestock, farms and other property... Read More


How one woman's skin-to-skin care saves fragile infants in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam. At 5, Aug. 16 -- 00 am every morning, Ms Mariam Mwakabungu begins a long commute from her home in Chanika to Amana Referral Hospital, where vulnerable newborn babies rely on her care. ... Read More


Cold wave triggers health warning for Tanzania schoolchildren

Tanzania, July 5 -- Dar es Salaam. As parts of Tanzania experience some of the lowest temperatures in recent years, doctors have issued a warning to parents, advising them on measures to protect pupil... Read More