Kaliro’s Yellow Fever Vaccination Drive Aims for 50,000

By Adam Bukenya | Tuesday, April 15, 2025 The ongoing statewide yellow fever vaccination program, which started on April 10 and is anticipated to go until April 16, aims to vaccinate over 50,000 people, according to Kaliro District health authorities. Youth mobilizers equipped with megaphones have been sent out to visit local health centers and encourage people to…

Tanzania sees 32 percent reduction in TB infections

By Halligan Agade Tuberculosis (TB) infections in Tanzania have gone down from 306 patients out of 100,000 people in 2015 to 208 patients out of 100,000 people in 2021, a senior official said on Friday. “The reduction of infections of TB is about 32 percent,” said Catherine Joachim, Head of the Health Sector Resource Secretariat…