The 20th Tanzania Economic Update (TEU) shows that accelerating a fertility decline has the potential to enable the country to reap the benefits of a demographic dividend, which refers to how improved health and reduced fertility can drive economic growth. When a country experiences better health outcomes and fewer births, …
There is increasing evidence that mobile phone health interventions (“mHealth”) can improve health behaviors and outcomes and are critically important in low-resource, low-access settings. However, the majority of mHealth programs in developing countries fail to reach scale. One reason may be the challenge of developing financially sustainable programs. The goal …
Sumbawanga — Hundreds of passengers have been stranded for more than 48 hours while more than 100 motor vehicles including lorries and buses have stuck at Koga Bridge on the border between Katavi and Tabora regions following the flooding of River Koga. The flooding has cut off the road at …
CITES called on Tanzania and Mozambique – both of which have lost more than half their elephants since 2009 – to take critical steps against ivory trafficking before its next meeting in September. Meanwhile, the committee recommended that Angola, Laos and Nigeria should face sanctions on trade in CITES-listed species …
Tarime — Deputy environment minister Luhaga Mpina yesterday issued a two-week ultimatum to Acacia North Mara Mine to first secure a permit before discharging water to Mara River and its surroundings. Speaking at the mine yesterday after a day-long inspection at the mine, the deputy minister in Vice President's Office …
Reducing emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) that is being implemented in Kisongwe village, Kilosa district boundary (over 500km from Dar es Salaam) has caused dispute with their neighbouring village of Rudewa-Batini, after the former claimed to have invaded the latter’s location in a bid to expand its project. …
Dar es Salaam — Rabies, a viral infection which mainly results from dog-bites kill around 1,500 people in Tanzania each year, statistics shows. A majority of people who die from the highly infectious condition are children from poor and marginal communities, experts say. Despite being an immunisable disease, rabies kills …
TANZANIA Forest Service Agency (TFSA) has warned leaders and the public in Kilimanjaro Region against indiscriminate tree-felling in order to preserve the environment. 0 Comments TFS Northern Zone Manager, Mr Cuthbert Mafupa, said the warning is specifically targeted to woodlands and forests belonging to villages and district councils. The country’s …
Tanzanian fishermen are using a rather aggressive approach to increase their catches – they toss a homemade bottle bombs into the sea, killing hundreds of fish at one time. This dangerous tactic, also known as blast fishing, indirectly threatens surrounding marine life. Although fish biomass is often used to evaluate …
Why? Because poor Tanzanian fishermen are using explosives, illegally, to kill hundreds of fish in seconds. Blast fishing, as it’s called, not only destroys large numbers of fish directly—but indirectly as well by killing coral and the rich array of marine animals that depend on it. Experts believe that in …
The colourful butterflies fluttering through Zanzibar's Jozani forest are beautiful to look at, but for farmers and charcoal producers in the region, they mean something more: a paycheck. In an effort to protect the island's threatened forest, local people are being trained to rear butterflies, under a scheme that tries …
As drought continues to cripple its hydropower plants, Tanzania is struggling to produce enough electricity - and is moving toward using more fossil fuels to make up the shortfall. Hydropower plants normally produce about 35 percent of Tanzania's electricity needs, with gas and oil plants making up most of the …
Kondoa — Human encroachment and poaching are denying the government of revenue at Swagaswaga Game Reserve in Kondoa District, Dodoma Region. Covering about 871 square kilometres between Kondoa and Chemba districts, the international hunting block could have generated lucrative cash in terms of foreign currencies, but it has never received …
Mvomero — Human activities encroaching on Mkindu Forest Rrserve have destroyed about 90 hectares of the natureal resource, an expert has said. Residents of 20 villages surrounding the forest are felling trees to grow maize, yams and beans, and to get firewood and charcoal. The deforestation is putting at risk …
Arusha — A Sh146 million water project, sponsored by the national farmers' network, Mviwata, and a non-governmental organisation called Trias, was launched at Engraruka Village in Monduli District at the weekend. Speaking after the inauguration, district commissioner Francis Miti said the project would now assure residents of the remote village …
African countries have agreed to cooperate in setting limits for use of lead in paints with a view to phasing it out by 2020. This is because of its dangers to human beings, especially to children, and the environment. In a workshop jointly organised by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) …
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, conservation of forest carbon stocks, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+) is intrinsically a multilevel process that cuts across different land-use based sector ministries. It builds on existing land-use and management policies and legal frameworks. …
Since the 1980s a major change took place in public policies for water resources management. The role of governments shifted under this reform process from directing, and investing in, the development, operation and maintenance of water infrastructure to managing water resources systems by stipulating general frameworks and defining key principles …
DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Only one in three people in Tanzania has access to piped water despite government efforts to improve water supplies with most of the population still relying on unsafe water that brings the risk of disease, according to a study on Thursday. Two years …
Nkasi District Commissioner (DC), Mr Iddy Hassan Kimanta, told the ‘Daily News’ over the phone on his way to Kirando village along the shores of Lake Tanganyika from Namanyere Town. Reports from Kirando village reveals that the passenger who was traveling to Rukwa region from Kigoma by ship developed serious …
"It is estimated that only one in three families (34 per cent) in Tanzania has access to improved toilets with wide disparities between regions, across urban and rural areas," according to a report from The United Nations Children's Fund, USAID and the World Health Organization (WHO). The report issued also …
