Programme description

Title: Tanzanian-German Programme to Support Health
Commissioned by: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)
Country: Tanzania
Lead executing agency: Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Overall term: 2003 to 2013

Context

Among the biggest challenges facing Tanzania's health sector and the ongoing attempts to reform it are a severe shortage of adequately qualified health personnel, weak health financing systems, weak collaboration between public and private providers of health services, and the high prevalence of HIV.

Objective

The general health status of all people living in Tanzania has improved, and special consideration is given to sections of the population that face particular risks and disadvantages.

Approach

The Tanzanian–German Programme to Support Health was launched in 2003, with the involvement of different German organisations. The former GTZ, German Development Service (DED) and Inwent Capacity Building International Germany have since merged to form GIZ, which now continues to collaborate with KfW Entwicklungsbank and the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM).

In turn, these partners work closely with a range of Tanzanian governmental and non-governmental institutions, in particular the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Prime Minister's Office Regional Administration and Local Government, the Tanzania Commission for AIDS, the Christian Social Services Commission, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (especially its School of Public Health and Social Sciences), and the regional secretariats of Tanga, Lindi, Mtwara and Mbeya regions.

This programme comprises the following components

• Health Financing and Social Health Protection
• Decentralised subsidiary (public and private) health services
• Sexual and reproductive health and rights, and HIV/AIDS
• Capacity Development and Human Resources

Further information

• Homepage of the programme
  Tanzanian-German Programme to Support Health
  www.tgpsh.or.tz