DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 6 -- TANZANIA is stepping up efforts to prepare its health workforce to tackle rising cases of diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases through a three-year programme targeting 25,500 health students and 1,600 practising health professionals.

The initiative, implemented by Amref Health Africa Tanzania in partnership with the Novo Nordisk Foundation, will support 113 health training institutions and establish two Centres of Excellence to strengthen the teaching and clinical skills needed to prevent, detect and manage cardiometabolic diseases.

The programme follows a scoping exercise conducted by Amref Tanzania, which identified gaps in how nurses and clinical officers are trained to address cardiometabolic di...