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Dr Deusdedit Mjungu is the Health Coordinator for the Mbola Village Cluster. He is based in Mbola, Tanzanzia.
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Posted by Deusdudit Mjungu  |  Jan 28, 2010 | 1 Comments
Health • Mbola, Tanzania • Millennium Development Goals

Tanzania government draws lessons from Mbola for the fight against malaria

Since it's inauguration in mid 2006, the Mbola Millennium Villages Project (MVP), Tanzania, has addressed the disease burden in the area and malaria is cited as one of the most important health issues facing the community. The baseline survey of 2007 showed the endemicity of malaria in the cluster, with a prevalence of about 16%. In response to this challenge, the Project put together a coordinated plan of action to . . . [more]

Posted by Gerson Isaac Nyadzi & Deusdudit Mjungu  |  Dec 15, 2009
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Health • Infrastructure • Mbola, Tanzania • Millennium Development Goals • Ruhiira, Uganda

Mbola health team marks World AIDS Day

On December 1 of every year Tanzanians join other people in the world to mark World AIDS Day. Apart from speeches, testimonies, as well as voluntary counseling and testing, vitamin A supplementation and de-worming for children under the age of five are normally part of the events organized nation-wide. This is a national campaign whereby every district, division (sub district), ward and village leader are required to participate and mobilize fully all . . . [more]

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