DAR ES SALAAM, March 2 -- PRESIDENT Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan has moved to consolidate Tanzanias gains in maternal and child health by backing a strategic partnership aimed at expanding specialised neonatal care services across the country.

During talks at State House in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the Head of State pledged full government support for collaboration with Keep a Child Alive (KCA), an international non-governmental organisation, to construct 27 modern neonatal wards in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.

The meeting, attended by a delegation led by KCA Chief Executive Officer Antonio Ruiz-Giménez, Jr, signals a policy shift from general maternal health improvements towards targeted investment in specialised newborn care, an are...