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In rural Tanzania, women and girls bear the greatest burden when water is scarce and sanitation and hygiene are poor. Yet their needs are often not represented in community decision-making on water and sanitation. Even when women are members of village and water governance institutions, social norms sanction women for speaking in public and keep them from participating fully.
Sauti ("Voices") Project is a five-year, USAID-funded effort to help Tanzania’s Ministry of Health and the Tanzania Commission for AIDS operationalize the new National Guidelines for Comprehensive Package of HIV Interventions for Key Populations, which will direct the provision of health and HIV services among vulnerable demographics.
The PMI VectorLink Project will spray in seven districts within Kagera: Ngara, Missenyi, Chato, Bukoba Rural, Buchosa, Kakonko, and Nyang’hwale. The districts to be sprayed in Zanzibar will be jointly determined with the Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Program (ZAMEP) and PMI Tanzania.
Erratic and extreme weather conditions, like floods and droughts, brought on by climate change are one of the top threats to global food security. Crop yields are expected to decline globally after 2030. By 2050, 3 percent of Africa’s land will no longer be suitable for maize.[1] In Tanzania, climate change is a major obstacle to increasing agriculture productivity for food security and achieving the country’s vision for development.
The activity provides strategic planning and technical support to ministries, departments, agencies, and other institutions directly engaged in enabling agribusiness investment. Examples of support provided include analysis of issues regarding agribusiness investment opportunities, preparing briefs that recommend policy reforms encouraging investment, and work planning for assisted institutions.
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