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Injury Risk and Protection in Tanzania: Ecological Model
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The specific aim of this study is to describe the risk and protective factors of intentional injury death (homicide) among individuals and families in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Violence is a widespread international problem with biological, psychological, social and environmental roots and serious health consequences (WHO, 2002). This research fits into an Ecological Framework that includes national, community, household/family, and individual realms. An Injury Surveillance System newly developed by World Health Organization for resource poor settings will be established at the mortuary of Tanzania''s major referral hospital. Data (including age, sex, place of occurrence, residence, and occupation) on all the homicide deaths of Dares Salaam will be collected for year 2005. The families of those who died will be matched to neighbor controls (by age and sex) that did not experience a violent death. They will be interviewed through a Household Survey to gather information about: i) socio-economic status and ii) the quantity and cohesiveness of their interfaces with other individuals, families, and community institutions. Then, a sub-sample will be interviewed in-depth about: i) their perceptions of the violence that manifests in their lives, ii) contextual factors that risk or protect, and iii) culturally appropriate ways of decreasing violence and increasing...
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Tanzania: Mothers and Infants, Safe, Healthy, Alive
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With funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, Jhpiego is collaborating with the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare under the Mothers and Infants, Safe, Healthy, Alive (MAISHA) Program to improve the availability and quality of health care services for pregnant women and their newborns throughout Tanzania, with a focus on rural and lower-level facilities. The goals of the $40 million, five-year MAISHA program are to reduce the following indicators: 1) maternal mortality associated with major direct causes of mortality, including postpartum hemorrhage; 2) newborn mortality due to infection; 3) prevalence of low birth weight babies, stillbirths and newborn mortality due to malaria and congenital syphilis; and 4) the number of HIV infections transmitted from mother to child. MAISHA is implemented by a consortium, led by Jhpiego, consisting of: Save the Children, Constella Futures, and IMA World Health, along with a Tanzanian social marketing organization, T-MARC Company Ltd.
About Jhpiego:
For nearly 40 years, Jhpiego, (pronounced "ja-pie-go"), has empowered front-line health workers by designing and implementing simple, low-cost, hands-on solutions that strengthen the delivery of health care services, following the household-to-hospital continuum of care. We partner with community- to national-level organizations to build sustainable, local capacity through advocacy, policy and...
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Tanzania: Universal HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing (UHAI-CT)
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With funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, Jhpiego is implementing a five-year, $16.5 million project to increase access and use of HIV counseling and testing services in Tanzania. The UHAI-CT project provides high-quality HIV counseling and testing services for women and their families throughout the country. Interventions under this program are designed to: 1) rapidly increase access to quality HIV counseling and testing for all Tanzanians, particularly those at high risk, by implementing health provider-initiated testing and counseling nationwide, along with targeted outreach counseling and testing; 2) develop provider skills for quality counseling and testing service delivery; 3) strengthen linkages to prevention and care and treatment programs, and establish community care and support for HIV-positive clients; and 4) create demand and mobilize communities for HIV counseling and testing. The UHAI-CT project is being implemented in partnership with Africare and T-MARC Company Ltd., a Tanzanian health communication and social marketing organization.
About Jhpiego:
For nearly 40 years, Jhpiego, (pronounced "ja-pie-go"), has empowered front-line health workers by designing and implementing simple, low-cost, hands-on solutions that strengthen the delivery of health care services, following the household-to-hospital continuum of care. We partner with community- to national-level organizations to build sustainable, local capacity through advocacy,...
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