Tanzania Country Fact Sheet (April 2011, PDF, 917KB)
Bridging Adult-youth Communication Gulf for Better Health
MARCH 2012 — The Daraja ("bridge") project brings together youth ages 15-24 and adults to talk about difficult issues such as sexuality and HIV. While participants gain reproductive health knowledge, they practice talking across generational differences, build trust and strengthen the support networks that help youth make important life decisions.
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Integrating Family Planning with HIV in Tanzania
MAY 2011—Through policy and service-delivery changes, Tanzania's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOH) champions the cause of mainstreaming family planning into HIV care and treatment. This, despite the challenges that stymied integration in the early days of the epidemic. Today, improved access to antiretroviral therapy has transformed HIV into a chronic condition to be managed with treatment and a healthy lifestyle. Now, with support from FHI and others, the MOH is placing greater emphasis on family planning.
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Empowering Girls in Tanzania to Control Their Own Destinies
AUGUST 2010 —Girls' Power conferences in Tanzania give girls and young women ages 10 to 24 the confidence and tools to avoid early pregnancy and HIV infection and be in control of their own lives. The conferences have been held since 2004 under Ishi, a national behavior-change initiative by and for youth that is managed and implemented by FHI with support from USAID and UNICEF.
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FHI Tanzania Programs
- Health Systems Strengthening
- TUNAJALI (We Care) Care and Treatment
- TUNAJALI Community Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Orphans and Vulnerable Children
- Most Vulnerable Children (MVC) Coordinated Care Project
- UJANA (Youth) and Ishi (Live)
- WAJIBIKA (Be Accountable)
- Regional Outreach Addressing AIDS through Development Strategies (ROADS)
- Research: PROGRESS, CRTU, and PTA
Learn More About Our Programs in Tanzania
Map of UJANA focus regions (PDF, 960 KB)
Tanzania Country Fact Sheet (PDF, 917KB)
Through its portfolio of research, FHI 360 informs policies and practices in familyplanning, reproductive health, and HIV prevention and care. The major thrust of our work in Tanzania is reducing the burden of HIV, especially among most-at-risk populations and young people.
National Family Planning Costed Implementation Program
APRIL 2010 — The FHI-led PROGRESS project worked with Tanzania's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare on its National Family Planning Costed Implementation Program (NFPCIP), launched 30 March 2010.
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Contributing to National Guidelines and Standards
APRIL 2010 — FHI Tanzania has been helping the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to develop national guidelines and standards. These address the management of HIV and AIDS; improving the quality of care, support, and protection of Tanzania's most vulnerable children; and standards for peer education for young people.
Learn more about these guidelines and download the PDFs
TUNAJALI Offers Home-based HIV Counseling and Testing
MARCH 2010 — The February newsletter of the TUNAJALI Community Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Orphans and Vulnerable Children Project details an initiative that brings HIV testing and counseling to the homes of people at risk of infection, instead of waiting for them to overcome stigma and go to a fixed or mobile location to access these services.
Read the newsletter » (PDF, 8 pages, 2 MB)
UJANA Project brochure » (2008, PDF, 1 MB)
Map of UJANA focus regions and the prevalence of male circumcision and HIV in these areas. (2011 PDF, 960 KB)
FHI/Tanzania IMPACT Final Report (2007, PDF, 3MB)
FHI's strong partnerships with U.S. and host-country governmental agencies, international NGOs, universities, and local and faith-based organizations play a vital role in our high-quality research and programs. USAID is FHI's main donor for our work in Tanzania.
FHI/Tanzania is here to help. If you want to learn more about the office, visit the Contact Web page.
