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226. Traditional healers for HIV/AIDS battle
  Monday, July 11, 2005  by Admin
  The Dar es Salaam based Institute of Traditional Medicine has devised a system of incorporating traditional healers in the battle against HIV/AIDS. The herbs might not cure the disease outright but do treat well the diseases that emanate from the infection, he elaborated.
 
227. TAYOA to introduce new online helpline
  Tuesday, June 28, 2005  by Admin
  The Tanzania Youth Alliance will soon introduce a new online helpline desk service for detailed information as one of its efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

"The aim is to provide users and those who can access the Internet with interactive, user-friendly, current and detailed information on the pandemic."
 
228. Tanzania: Meeting On Supply of Anti-Malaria Drug Opens
  Wednesday, June 8, 2005  by Admin
  Health experts and growers of an anti-malaria plant - Artemisia annua - began a three-day conference on Monday in Arusha in a bid to ensure a reliable supply of the artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs).
Falciparum malaria, the most dangerous type of the disease, causes as many as 400 million infections every year and at least a million deaths, 80 percent of which occur in sub-Sahara Africa.
The conference, convened by WHO, marks the first time that actors involved in the various steps of ACT production - from seed planting and artemisinin processing to the manufacture of finished pharmaceuticals - are meeting.
 
229. Honey can cure chronic illnesses
  Tuesday, April 19, 2005  by Admin
  Research has shown that honey has an ingredient that can bring relief to common ailments as ashma, ulcers and cancer.
 
230. Effectsof contraception on obstetric outcomes
  Monday, March 21, 2005  by Admin
  This paper looks at the contributions contraceptives make towards obstetric mortality and morbidity.
 
231. NGO launches HIV/Aids project in Dodoma region
  Monday, February 7, 2005  by Admin
  A non-governmental Organization (NGO) has launched a project aimed at fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS among youths in Mpwapwa and Dodoma rural districts.

The NGO, the Africa Alive, in partnership with Youth Challenge International of Canada, intends to formulate applicable programmes to reduce the number of youths at risk of HIV/AIDS infections.
 
232. HIV/AIDS: Taking the scary test
  Monday, January 10, 2005  by Admin
  It is enough when we hear that a friend has been maimed in a car accident or a relative diagnosed with cancer, but when we hear that someone we love and care for is found to be HIV positive we are shattered.

The reason is obvious. Cancer and car injuries can be treated but testing HIV positive means death.
 
233. Africa anxious for next round of funding
  Thursday, November 18, 2004  by Admin
  President Benjamin Mkapa has warned the Global Fund Board that African countries would not understand them if they would not announce the fifth round of funding at the end of their two day meeting.

 
234. Take Aids screening centres to rural areas
  Monday, November 8, 2004  by Admin
  The government has been asked to establish HIV screening centres in rural areas.

Village health workers from Tanga, Pangani and Muheza districts made the plea at the end of a four-day seminar in Tanga.

They said limiting the establishment of HIV screening centres to district headquarters denied the rural population “a very crucial” service.

 
235. Tips on tackling AIDS pandemic volunteered
  Sunday, November 7, 2004  by Admin
  Accessing quality care, treatment and support to the people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA), including antiretrovirals (ARV), is the most effective prevention strategy against the AIDS pandemic, the president of Tanzania AIDS Society (TAS) has said.

 
236. Books on HIV/Aids campaigns in rural areas launched
  Tuesday, September 28, 2004  by Admin
  The East African Development Communication Foundation (EADCF) yesterday launched two books aimed at complimenting HIV/Aids campaigns in rural areas.

The two books titled Ukimwi Katika Jamii Yetu (Aids in Our Society) and Kuishi Kwa Matumaini na Virusi Vya Ukimwi (Living Positively With HIV), have been translated into simple Kiswahili and will be used in campaigns conducted in areas where HIV/Aids publications are scarce.
 
237. Washing Hands
  Tuesday, September 28, 2004  by Admin
  The two biggest killers of children age five and below are diarrhoea and pneumonia, both of which can be reduced by handwashing.
 
238. US embassy gives 68m/- for community projects
  Tuesday, September 28, 2004  by Admin
  The United States Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund has donated US$ 61,400 (about 68m/-) in support of seven community projects.

The projects include the reconstruction of Kilimanjaro Region’s fire-ravaged Shauritanga Secondary School. The Charge d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Tanzania, Michael Owen, also presented representatives of other community projects from Pemba, Ludewa, Mafinga, Dodoma, Sengerema and Magu with the donations at the embassy yesterday.
 
239. What is Cholera
  Tuesday, September 28, 2004  by Admin
  Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but sometimes it can be severe. Without treatment, death can occur within hours
 
240. LEARNING TO COPE WITH PERIOD PAINS
  Monday, September 27, 2004  by Admin
  Premenstrual syndrome is a group of physical and emotional symptoms that some women experience on a regular basis in relation to their monthly periods (menstruation). It is a condition that affects both body and emotions. Symptoms may seem to worsen as menstruation approaches and subside at the onset or after several days of menstruation.
 

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