Health & Gender

The Embassy works to mainstream women and gender equality in all of its programs with a specific focus on non-tradition sectors for women and gender equality.

The Pay for Performance (P4P) pilot programme was successfully launched in Pwani (Coast) region on Wednesday 4th May, with attendance from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Pwani Region, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Ifakara Health Institute, Royal Norwegian Embassy and the artist Stara Thomas as well as performers from Taasisi ya Sanaa na Utamaduni Bagamoyo (TaSUBa).

The 2010 report for the Global Campaign for the Health Millennium Development Goals asks world leaders to explain how they will implement the commitments made to improve women's and children's health.

Norway is to increase its contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by NOK 75 million, making the total Norwegian contribution NOK 450 million per year. This is equivalent to an increase of 20%, and it means that Norway will donate almost NOK 1.4 billion to the Fund over the next three years.

Norway and Clinton Foundation work together to improve health services in Tanzania. Last Tuesday former President Bill Clinton came to Mtwara to inspect the progress personally. He was impressed by the impact of clean solar energy at Kitera Health Center.

The project Helping Babies Breathe was launched in Dar es Salaam 9 September 2009. The aim is to reduce the number of newborn deaths. The development of the educational material to be utilized is funded by the Norwegian Lærdal Foundation for Acute Medicine. Norway is committed to assist Tanzania in its efforts to achieve MDG 4&5.

On November 20 th , 2007, The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Norway ) and William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation signed a USD 9.75 mill. agreement on cooperation on a Program to reduce HIV transmission to newborns and to enroll HIV positive women, children and their partners in Lindi and Mtwara regions in Tanzania .

In 2007 Haydom Lutheran Hospital launched its Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 programme, and the number of births increased by more than 75% in just a year. 3900 women delivered at Haydom in 2008.

The Norway - Tanzania Partnership Initiative (NTPI) is a five-year programme (2007-2012) worth NOK 225 million to improve maternal, newborn and child health in Tanzania.

Norway has supported the film ”Mimba”, which means pregnant in Kiswahili, and which is about maternal health in Tanzania. The Film is produced for Prime Ministers Office – Regional and Local Government by Maweni Farm Media.