The Lengths to Which Health Workers Go to Reach Every Child with Vaccines
Vaccines can prevent disease outbreaks now and in the future. From UNICEF
Tanzania
A Phone Call That Saves Mothers: Tanzania’s m-mama Emergency Transport System Goes National
When labor becomes life-threatening in rural Tanzania, minutes matter. The m-mama program uses mobile technology and community drivers to get mothers and newborns to hospitals—and it now serves all 63 million Tanzanians.
Affordable Microscope Speeds Up Malaria Diagnosis with AI
The Octopi microscope autonomously analyzes blood samples in minutes, detecting malaria-infected cells among millions. Its creators hope it will accelerate the fight against malaria. From Stanford Report.
Tanzania’s Newly Trained ‘Army’ of Community Health Workers
The country aims to train and equip nearly 140,000 frontliners by 2028, in what leaders hope represents a transformative shift for healthcare at the grassroots. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Tanzania Health Worker’s Quick Alert Contained Deadly Marburg Virus
Vedastina Shumbusho received the Women in Global Health Africa Award for her 3 am digital report that helped contain a deadly Marburg outbreak in rural Tanzania.