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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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:	BURDEN OF DISEASE HEALTH OUTCOME INDICATORS NUTRITION HIV/AIDS TUBERCULOSIS MALARIA NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY CHANGING HEALTH RISK FACTORS HEALTH FINANCING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099900003222238088/P172807021599f0300bcbb0080cae4098e1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37211

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spelling	okr-10986-372112022-03-25T05:10:37Z Tanzania - Re-positioning Health Service Delivery in Response to the Changing Disease Burden World Bank BURDEN OF DISEASE HEALTH OUTCOME INDICATORS NUTRITION HIV/AIDS TUBERCULOSIS MALARIA NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY CHANGING HEALTH RISK FACTORS HEALTH FINANCING 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. 2022-03-24T18:41:00Z 2022-03-24T18:41:00Z 2022-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099900003222238088/P172807021599f0300bcbb0080cae4098e1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37211 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Working Paper Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) East Africa Tanzania
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topic	BURDEN OF DISEASE HEALTH OUTCOME INDICATORS NUTRITION HIV/AIDS TUBERCULOSIS MALARIA NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY CHANGING HEALTH RISK FACTORS HEALTH FINANCING
spellingShingle	BURDEN OF DISEASE HEALTH OUTCOME INDICATORS NUTRITION HIV/AIDS TUBERCULOSIS MALARIA NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY CHANGING HEALTH RISK FACTORS HEALTH FINANCING World Bank Tanzania - Re-positioning Health Service Delivery in Response to the Changing Disease Burden
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description	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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title	Tanzania - Re-positioning Health Service Delivery in Response to the Changing Disease Burden
title_short	Tanzania - Re-positioning Health Service Delivery in Response to the Changing Disease Burden
title_full	Tanzania - Re-positioning Health Service Delivery in Response to the Changing Disease Burden
title_fullStr	Tanzania - Re-positioning Health Service Delivery in Response to the Changing Disease Burden
title_full_unstemmed	Tanzania - Re-positioning Health Service Delivery in Response to the Changing Disease Burden
title_sort	tanzania - re-positioning health service delivery in response to the changing disease burden
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2022
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099900003222238088/P172807021599f0300bcbb0080cae4098e1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37211
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Tanzania - Re-positioning Health Service Delivery in Response to the Changing Disease Burden

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