The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tanzania works to save lives, reduce disease, and improve health for Tanzanian citizens.
Youth friendly health services at their own space!! Through DREAMS program ICAP provides friendly HIV services to boys and girls in Mwanza and Geita in the facilities and communities.
@ICAP_ColumbiaU
@CDCTanzania
@tacaidsinfo
We recently conducted site visits in Zanzibar to assess public health laboratory investments, discuss challenges, & monitor performance of laboratory activities to improve healthcare service delivery for current & future needs. Pictured are some highlights.
SUCCESS: After 15 years of working with partners in Zanzibar, PMI fully transitioned spraying campaigns to the Ministry of Health in 2022. The Ministry now fully manages the campaigns that spray the walls of homes to protect families from malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
Tanzania's malaria transmission rates dropped from 14% in 2015 to 8% in 2022. On
#WorldMosquitoDay
, we emphasize the ongoing efforts to control & eradicate mosquito-borne diseases.
@PMIgov
works with the gov't to improve access to
#MalariaPrevention
tools.👉
By 2025, UNAIDS calls for 95% of all people living with HIV to know their HIV status, 95% of those aware to be on antiretroviral treatment (ART), & 95% of those on ART to achieve viral load suppression. Read more on Tanzania’s remarkable progress:
📸 Great visit by
@CDCTanzania
,
@USAIDTanzania
&
@amreftanzania
team during a recent Technical assistance visit to Zanzibar integrated HIV, TB and Leprosy Program (ZIHTLP), Mnazi Mmoja, and Mwembeladu Hospitals in Zanzibar! We focused on improving paediatric and adolescent HIV
Your voice matters! Are you aged 15-29? This is your chance to be part of something big! PEPFAR will be hosting a Youth Congress at the 11th Tanzania Health Summit in Zanzibar.
Organized by youth for youth, we invite young people to participate in active dialogue and discussion
Sauti yako ni muhimu! Je una umri wa miaka 15-29? Hii ni nafasi yako ya kuwa sehemu ya jambo kubwa! PEPFAR itakuwa inafanya Kongamano la Vijana katika Mkutano wa 11 wa Afya Tanzania huko Zanzibar.
Kongamano hili limeandaliwa na vijana kwa ajili ya vijana, hivyo tunawaalika
The 2022/23 Tanzania HIV Impact Survey estimates 4.4% HIV prevalence among girls aged 15-24.
DREAMS has empowered over 46,500 girls in Kagera & Mwanza regions, reducing HIV risk, & fostering community change.
Let’s close the gap.
@PEPFAR
@CDCGlobal
#InternationalYouthDay
On
#InternationalYouthDay
, we spotlight the DREAMS program, a partnership developed by
@PEPFAR
. Launched globally in 2015, the program helps prevent HIV among adolescent girls and young women, and provides opportunities for mentorship, and economic advancement.
From helping contain Marburg in Tanzania to responding to cholera in Haiti, CDC is at the forefront of preventing, detecting, and responding to disease threats around the 🌏.
Read our latest
#GlobalHealth
achievements:
We recently conducted site visits to assess the implementation of HIV services and infection prevention and control (IPC) across healthcare facilities in Kagera. Our work in Tanzania continues to improve healthcare service delivery.
PEPFAR through
@CDCTanzania
provides comprehensive and quality HIV related services in Shinyanga region. Last week, CDC's partner THPS, in collaboration with the regional health management team/government provided HIV testing services, prevention, and screening for cervical
PEPFAR kupitia
@CDCtanzania
inatoa huduma bora na kamilifu zinazohusiana na UKIMWI mkoani Shinyanga. Wiki iliyopita, mbia wa CDC, THPS, kwa kushirikiana na timu ya usimamizi wa afya ya mkoa/serikali, walitoa huduma za upimaji VVU, kinga, na uchunguzi wa saratani ya shingo ya
CDC’s Africa Field Program in the Division of Global Migration Health (DGMH-Africa) works to ensure safe global movement to protect human health. DGMH-Africa works w/CDC country offices to help prevent, detect & respond to public health threats. Read more:
Nairobi-based
@CDCGlobal
Migration Health Africa Field Program & partners hosted
@USAmbTanzania
at Nyarugusu Refugee Camp and Makere Health Assessment Center showcasing the impact of
#Refugee
#PublicHealth
investments and processing of U.S.-bound refugees.
While in Kigoma, the team visited Nyarugusu camp which hosts refugees from Burundi & DRC. Together with our partners, we're committed to ensuring access to essential health services for refugee populations such as HIV testing as well as care and treatment services.
CDC works with Gov of Tanzania to monitor disease outbreaks & implement interventions to limit spread of diseases to protect health and well-being of refugee populations. Pictured are highlights from last week’s visit to Nduta & Nyarugusu refugee camps in Kigoma.