Mission Tanzania

CHIFFRES

Mortality infant: 104‰
Life expectancy at birth: 46
HDI : 0.418; ranked 164/177
Actual GDP/inhabitant ($): 287
International delegation : MdM Belgium

Beneficiaries
project 1: directly : 3,350 ; indirectly : 510,230
project 2: directly : hospital staff and their families, HIV-positive pregnant women and their families, patients with an advanced HIV infection ; indirectly: educators, nurses
project 3 :directly: 500 ; indirectly: 510,430
Staff
project 1: local : 10 ; expatriate : 1
project 2: local : 10 ; expatriate : 2
project 3 : local: 20 ; expatriate: 1
Sources of funding
project 1: MARC foundation, AIDS Fund
project 2: Columbia University
projet 3 : MdM, MAE
Budget 2005
project 1: 181,047 euros
project 2: 179,878 euros
project 3 : 53,317 euros

This is the East African country with the highest growth (6.9% in 2005), but, like a certain number of African countries, poverty is not declining. The HIV prevalence rate is one factor responsible for this failure. Around 7% of the adult mainland population lives with HIV and antenatal consultations have shown prevalence rates between 5% and 15% in certain regions, even if these rates have definitely fallen in the last ten years. The number of AIDS orphans now stands at nearly 2 million.

Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Bukoba

Activities:

The programme for preventing mother-to-foetus transmission of HIV has 3 aspects to it:

  • training hospital staff;
  • monitoring women during pregnancy: screening, prescribing AZT, information on transmission by breast-feeding;
  • monitoring women and their babies after delivery.

Access to effective antiretroviral combinations

Bukoba

Activities:

The aim is to allow HIV-positive pregnant women and their families, patients with an advanced HIV infection, and hospital staff and their families access to antiretrovirals. To facilitate access to these treatments, MdM is using the HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy) programme. This therapy programme is intended to reduce the incidence of transmission, especially from mother to child.

Outlook:

Continue all these activities in 2006.

Treating opportunistic infections

Bukoba

Activities:

MdM is continuing its programme of HIV prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections by supporting Tadepa. Three aspects have been developed:

  • prevention (peer training, education by peers, access to
    condoms);
  • psychomedical (counselling, treating opportunistic diseases);
  • transfer of skills.

Outlook:

Continue process of making the local NGO Tadepa autonomous and gradual withdrawal of MdM.

July 2006