Tanzania - Re-positioning Health Service Delivery in Response to the Changing Disease Burden
Over the last two decades, Tanzania has registered improvement in the health status of the population and a reduction in the overall disease burden. However, the burden of communicable diseases and maternal and child health conditions, including nu...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099900003222238088/P172807021599f0300bcbb0080cae4098e1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37211 |
| Summary: | Over the last two decades, Tanzania
has registered improvement in the health status of the
population and a reduction in the overall disease burden.
However, the burden of communicable diseases and maternal
and child health conditions, including nutrition, remains
persistently high. These conditions can be prevented and
treated with existing affordable and cost-effective
interventions but remain major public health problems.
Besides the persistently high burden of communicable
diseases, Tanzania is witnessing a growing burden of
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and is at risk of a
protracted, full-fledged double burden of disease. The study
assessed the current and future trajectory of the disease
burden, assessed the organization and performance of the
health care delivery system in responding to the disease
burden, and identified actions that Tanzania would need to
employ to address the major causes of disease burden so that
they may cease to be major public health problems. |
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