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Tanzania passes landmark Law of the Child
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 6 November 2009 – On Wednesday, Tanzania’s Parliament, the Bunge, passed a bill known as the Law of the Child Act 2009. This landmark legislation effectively domesticates the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and provides the legal framework through which the rights of the country’s children can be protected and realized.
Two women receive ‘Golden Poo’ Award for outstanding work as hygiene champions
NEW YORK, USA, 16 October 2009 – The ‘Golden Poo Awards’ were held yesterday in London as part of Global Handwashing Day celebrations. The award honoured the work of two women: Head of the Environmental Sanitation and Hygiene section of the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Mary Swai, and WASH Specialist from UNICEF Tanzania’s Young Child Survival and Development Section, Rebecca Budimu.
Goodwill Ambassador Danny Glover visits HIV/AIDS programmes in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 8 July 2009 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and noted actor Danny Glover came to Tanzania to support this year’s Zanzibar International Film Festival, and he also used the opportunity to highlight issues related to HIV – particularly prevention of mother-to-child transmission, or PMTCT, as well as stigma and discrimination against children and their families affected by the virus.
Children’s photo exhibition celebrates the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 9 December 2008 – Tanzania commemorated the 19th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child last month with a declaration that all stakeholders should focus on fighting poverty as the key to the fulfillment of children’s rights.
Eastern and Southern African countries meet to bolster HIV/AIDS support for children
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 26 September 2008 – AIDS continues to cut short young lives across sub-Saharan Africa, while decimating families, debilitating economies and weakening societies.
British Airways ‘Change for Good’ partners mark funding milestone with Tanzania visit
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 17 September 2008 – ‘Change for Good’, the successful fundraising partnership between British Airways and UNICEF, recently celebrated a milestone of £25 million raised since the programme was launched with BA in 1994.
Massive national campaign for accelerated child survival in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 4 September 2008 – In a country such as Tanzania, where most families survive on less than $1 a day, special medical care is an unaffordable luxury. Thanks to the government’s efforts, however, most services are now free of charge in its health facilities countrywide.
Women parliamentarians lead major changes in African politics
NEW YORK, USA, 22 July 2008 – Several African countries are at the forefront of a growing trend to substantially increase female representation in parliaments around the world.
Tanzania launches 'One Plan' for reducing maternal and child deaths
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 13 May 2008 – The President of Tanzania, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, was joined by the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, last month to launch Tanzania's 'One Plan' programme which aims to accelerate the reduction of maternal, newborn and child deaths in the country.
GAVI works to reduce the number of preventable child deaths in Tanzania
MOROGORO, Tanzania 17 April 2008 – Like all hospitals and health facilities in Tanzania, Morogoro Regional Hospital offers free routine immunization to all children under the age of five.
Challenges await Burundian refugees expelled from Tanzania
MUYINGA, Burundi, 5 December 2007 – Chantal Nizigiyimana has been back in her home country of Burundi for only a few months, having lived in Tanzania since she was a young child. In 1993, her family was among hundreds of thousands of Burundians who fled across the border in order to avoid conflict.
Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in Kigamboni, Tanzania
KIGAMBONI, Tanzania, 26 September 2007 – Dalila (not her real name), is a 38-year-old single mother who is living with HIV. Caring for both herself and her year-old daughter is a load she can barely carry.
Global partners gather in Tanzania to discuss maternal, newborn and child health
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 19 April 2007 – Political leaders, health professionals, researchers and activists are meeting here this week for the first-ever assembly of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.
UNICEF Executive Director visits Tanzania with Executive Director of UNAIDS to spotlight impact of HIV/AIDS on children
KIGAMBONE, Tanzania, 16 February 2006 – The village of Kigamboni was decked out in bright colours to welcome HRH Princess Mathilde of Belgium, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman and UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot with drama and displays.
Girls’ education advocate delivers message of hope to First Spouses during World Summit
NEW YORK, 23 September 2005 – Like many visitors on their first trip to New York, 26-year-old Lydia Wilbard stopped by the United Nations last week. Unlike most tourists, however, Lydia had arrived to deliver a speech during the 2005 World Summit.
Integrated life-saving campaign in Tanzania attracts high turnout
MTWARA, Tanzania, 1 August 2005 – Tanzania’s biggest ever integrated life-saving campaign has helped improve the chances of survival for 6.5 million children under the age of five. The low-cost campaign combined distribution of the measles vaccine, vitamin A supplementation and de-worming tablets. In the two regions with the highest child mortality rate, 400 000 free insecticide-treated mosquito nets were also handed out – the most nets ever distributed during a measles vaccination campaign.
Anti-malarial bednet programme succeeds in Tanzania
KIBAHA, Tanzania, 3 May 2005 – In hospitals all across Kibaha District, women have been given access to subsidized bednets designed to protect them and their children against malaria.
