Tanzania

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Galleries

Felix Broxchurch, the president of the Sanku project in Tanzania, explaining the unique features of the equipment.

Adopting Sanku’s technology in Uganda will enable small- and medium-scale maize millers to fortify flour at a low cost.

Keywords: Fortification, Anemia
Location: Uganda, Tanzania

News

Participants pose for a group picture outside the Family Choice Maize Mill

Adopting Sanku’s technology in Uganda will enable small- and medium-scale maize millers to fortify flour at a low cost.

Keywords: Fortification, Anemia
Location: Uganda, Tanzania

Events

Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy Global Learning and Evidence Exchange, East Africa - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

In March 2016, USAID's Bureau for Food Security and Bureau for Global Health, along with the FANTA III project, hosted the East and Southern Africa MSN-GLEE (Multi-sectoral Nutrition...

Keywords: Multi-sector
Location: Tanzania

National Anemia Profiles

Tanzania anemia profile

SPRING has developed a series of 25 National Anemia Profiles, which provide country-specific information on the causes and burden of anemia, the policy environment, and program indicators.

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Tanzania

Briefs

A Rapid Initial Assessment of the Distribution and Consumption of Iron-Folic Acid Tablets Through Antenatal Care in Tanzania

25% of the world's population suffers from anemia. SPRING has a method for making a rapid, initial assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the distribution and consumption of IFA...

Location: Tanzania
Map of Africa with numbers in the background

Evidence increasingly supports the hypothesis that maternal undernutrition, as well as in-utero and infant and young child undernutrition, increase the risk of developing nutrition-related...

A2Z Resources

Vitamin A Supplementation & De‐worming Post Event Coverage Survey: 2010 Tanzania Mainland Final Report on Research Findings, April 2011

Final Report on research and findings from a Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) Post‐Event Coverage Survey for Mainland Tanzania that occurred in July 2010.

Keywords: Supplementation
Location: Tanzania
Assessment of the National Vitamin A Supplementation and De-worming Program in Tanzania: Strategies for VAS and De-worming Distribution in Tanzania, Five Year Plan, June 27, 2011

The purpose of this document is to recommend strategies that can be used to strengthen the long-term sustainability of vitamin A supplementation and de-worming distribution throughout...

Keywords: Supplementation
Location: Tanzania
Assessment of the National Vitamin A Supplementation and De-worming Program in Tanzania Assessment Report, June 27, 2011

The Childhood Blindness Project operated from 2006 to 2011 in the United Republic of Tanzania (mainland).

Keywords: Supplementation
Location: Tanzania

Resource Review Summaries

This study evaluated sensitivity of a point-of-care (POC) immunoassay (Sickle SCAN) to diagnose sickle cell disease and a first generation POC color-based assay to detect anemia, in...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Tanzania

Using primary household data from Kilosa and Chamwino districts in rural Tanzania, the researchers examined the nature and extent of smallholder participation in traditional agricultural...

Keywords: Agriculture, Food security
Location: Tanzania

During this webinar, the inaugural round of fellows from the IMMANA program highlighted their research on developing new methodological approaches to guide agricultural interventions for...

In September 2015, GAIN and the Government of Tanzania co-hosted the first ever Global Summit on Food Fortification in Arusha, Tanzania. This supplement summarizes the proceedings of the...

Keywords: Anemia, Fortification
Location: Tanzania

This study found that anti-malarial IPTp-SP and iron folic acid supplementation compliance among pregnant women remains low in the Simiyu Region of Tanzania. In interviews with women who...

Keywords: Anemia, Supplementation
Location: Tanzania

Although the rate of sickle cell anemia (SCA) at birth is high in Tanzania, there is little information on either the severity of its associated complications or options for treatment,...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Tanzania

In this study, researchers evaluated the impact of the 1999-2010 scale-up of malaria control interventions in Tanzania. The authors were specifically interested in determining the...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Tanzania

World Bank’s SecureNutrition Platform convened a panel of five World Bank social protection projects in a seminar to discuss how they are incorporating social behavior change communication...

This study sought to evaluate the safety and efficacy of iron supplementation during pregnancy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, an area affected by malaria. The authors not only found that iron-...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Tanzania

Farmers in the Lake Zone of Tanzania were sampled for their perceptions towards the production and consumption of Orange-Flesh Sweet Potato (OFSP). In general, farmers' perceptions were...

Keywords: Nutrient-dense crops
Location: Tanzania

In September 2015, officials and experts met in Tanzania to discuss the future of food fortification and its potential in nutrition programs. This article details initiatives by the...

Keywords: Fortification
Location: Tanzania

Empowering smallholder farmers through access to mobile technology can further nutrition outcomes. This article examines the experience of female smallholder farmers in Tanzania and...

Keywords: Mobile Health
Location: Tanzania