Tanzania

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Galleries

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

Uganda Representatives Travel to Tanzania for a Sanku Project Learning Exchange

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

SPRING/Uganda Facilitates a Learning Exchange With Tanzania’s Sanku Project

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

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

Tanzania

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

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

Nutrition-Related Noncommunicable Disease Country Profiles

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...

Location: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Cambodia, Nepal

A2Z Resources

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

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

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

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

Simultaneous Point-of-Care Detection of Anemia and Sickle Cell Disease in Tanzania: The RAPID Study

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

The Integration of Smallholders in Agricultural Value Chain Activities and Food Security: Evidence from Rural 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

Pushing the Frontiers in Ag-Nutrition Methods and Metrics: IMMANA Round 1 Fellows Share Their Research

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...

Keywords: Agriculture, Food systems, Women's empowerment
Location: Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, Ethiopia, India

The #FutureFortified Global Summit on Food Fortification: Event Proceedings and Recommendations for Food Fortification Program

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

Factors Influencing Anti-Malarial Prophylaxis and Iron Supplementation Non-Compliance among Pregnant Women in Simiyu Region, 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

Complications of Sickle Cell Anaemia in Children in Northwestern 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

Impact of Malaria Control on Mortality and Anemia among Tanzanian Children Less than Five Years of Age, 1999–2010

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

How Do Social Protection Programs Address Nutrition Behavior Change? A Look at Interventions and Delivery Channels in World Bank Programming

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...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication
Location: Mexico, Mali, Niger, Tanzania, Djibouti

Iron Supplementation in Iron-Replete and Nonanemic Pregnant Women in Tanzania: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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' Perceptions of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato: Do Common Beliefs about Sweet Potato Production and Consumption Really Matter?

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

Food Fortification in Tanzania, Culminating a Global Summit

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

How Cell Phones Can Help End World Hunger

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