The Tanzania country collaboration includes Ifakara Health Institute, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the Institute for Global Health at the University of Manitoba. It aims to strengthen the analysis and synthesis of health data to inform national and local reviews of progress and performance in the context of the national health plans and Global Financing Facility (GFF) investment case for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition. 

Tanzania team members at the Countdown annual meeting in Kigali, Rwanda (April, 2024)

Background

Tanzania’s main health sector strategic plan, the Health Sector Strategic Plan: July 2015-June 2020 HSSP IV, guided the overall health sector from 2015 to 2020. In addition, there was a GFF investment case called The National Road Map Strategic Plan to Improve Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health in Tanzania (2016-2020), One Plan II.  HSSP IV and One Plan II had an extensive midterm review in 2019 which helped form the basis for the new five year plan, Health Sector Strategic Plan July 2021-June 2026 (HSSP V) and the Strategic Plan for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (2021/2022-2025-2026), also called One Plan III. An extensive End term Review report was prepared and overarching objective of the End-line Review of the extended HSSP IV: 2015-2021 aimed to assess the performance of the Health Sector at the end of the implementation cycle and develop a Populated Template of the Regional and Council Health Profiles that will be useful to inform the National Annual Health Sector. The review was done by a team including the Ministry of Health, Ifakara Health Institute, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Countdown to 2030 and WHO. 

 

Planned research for 2023 - 2025

Countdown supports the Ministry of Health with monitoring regional and national progress based on the Health Sector Strategic Plan July 2021-June 2026 (HSSP V) and supports the priorities identified through the Global Financing Facility (GFF) partnership. In addition, the collaboration will conduct analytical report to support the ministry of health monitoring of progress of the health sector and reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) and nutrition plans, with a focus on producing statistical profiles for the 184 councils and 26 regions. Tanzania will also join upcoming multi-country analysis projects on maternal and newborn health strategies, immunization, and family planning.

Sophia Kagoye from Ifakara Health Institute was a Countdown fellow in 2023, and Jacqueline Minja was selected as a Countdown fellow for 2024.

Achievements for 2020 - 2022

The Tanzania Countdown country collaboration’s work during the years of 2020 to 2022 focused on: 

Tanzania Countdown Collaboration Team

Jacqueline Minja

Samwel Godfrey

Peter Binyaruka

Josephine Shabani

Honorati Masanja

Andrewleon Quaker

Caroline Amour

Julieth Seba

Laura Shirima

Sia Msuya

Oscar Mwashinya

Ephraim Magafu

Habib Ismail

Maro Chacha

Sophia Kagoye

Claudia Hanson

Jacqueline Minja

Ties Boerma