Panafrican News Agency - October 19, 2001
The money will be channeled through NGOs and Community-based Organisations (CBOs) in the regions of Shinyanga, Tabora, Coast, Iringa and Dodoma, according to Michelle Koutie, deputy director of CARE (T), the project co-ordinating agency.
USAID and Tanzania's health ministry have contracted CARE Health Scope of Tanzania and the University of John Hopkins in the US to undertake a voluntary sector health programme with focus on HIV/AIDS control.
Under the programme, Koutie said Friday local government authorities would administer the project through mobilisation of target NGOs and CBOs.
The selected Tanzanian regions to benefit from the assistance are experiencing a serious shortage of hospitals, health centres and dispensaries.
One hospital in some of the selected areas serves more than 120,000 people, compared to the national ratio of one hospital per 50,000 inhabitants.
Anaemia, malaria, pneumonia and HIV/AIDS that are the major causes of ill health and death cripple the regions.
The voluntary sector health programme seeks to build up the capacity of local government councils in applying best practices in mother-and-child health care in the community.
Leaders at village, district and regional level, Koutie said, would receive training on the objectives of the HIV/AIDS scheme to enable them carry out a mass mobilisation campaign.
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