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Latest Publications-Tanzania

Improving Child Health through the Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet Program

This report presents qualitative findings and recommendations from a desk study and formative research on the Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet (ADDO) program in Tanzania's Ruvuma region. The purpose of the program is to increase community access to essential drugs and enhance the quality of health services for young children through an accreditation program for private drug sellers, based on standards established with the Tanzanian Food and Drugs Authority and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.

Improving Child Health through the Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet Program: Baseline Survey from Five Districts in Tanzania

A companion to the qualitative assessment, this report presents quantitative findings aimed at informing the planned integration of child health into the ADDO program by obtaining information on the knowledge and practices of drug dispensers, the availability of key medicines, and caretakers’ practices and beliefs on treating sick children.

Report of a Pediatric HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Assessment in the Kilimanjaro, Iringa, and Mbeya Regions of Tanzania.

This report provides findings from an assessment, conducted between June 6 and July 19, 2006 to assess and document the current status of pediatric HIV care and treatment services at the facility and community levels in three regions of Tanzania; document missed opportunities for identification and care and treatment of HIV-exposed and/or infected infants and children; and make recommendations to increase access to pediatric HIV care and treatment services.