United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania in the EAC

Tanganyika united with the Island of Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania, the largest of the East African countries.

Tanzania is located east of Africa's Great Lakes north of Mozambique and south of Kenya, it has a coastline at the Indian Ocean in east. The nation is bordered by six other African countries: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia, it also shares maritime borders with the Comoros and the Seychelles. It has shorelines at three of the Great Lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyassa (Lake Malawi).

The country occupies an area of 945,087 km². Tanzania has a population of 54.2 million people, capital is Dodoma; largest city, chief port, major economic and transportation hub and de facto capital is Dar es Salaam. Spoken languages are Swahili and English (both official), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar).

The Ministry of Health

News

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Upasuaji wa Moyo Tanzania
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Health Strategy Documents

Publications

Tanzania Digital Health Investment Road Map
Strengthen the digital health infrastructure and build local capacity so that everyone from government officials to health workers to patients can use...
eHealth Strategy 2013/18
Strategies to improve health services by using ICT