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September-November 2020 Newsletter

Buguruni Anglican Health Centre has been unable to pay salaries and purchase medications. Three events have come together to create this crisis: (1) Tanzania’s National Health Insurance Fund, by far the largest revenue source for the health center, is three to four months behind in payments and only paid one third of its last payment; (2) an HMO, for which BAHC provided substantial patient

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Direction and Accomplishments to Date

Health Tanzania has operated since 2012, built on partnerships that Drs. Henry and Priscilla Ziegler began in 2005 in Tanzania. This document highlights major initiatives undertaken over the past several years. These initiatives include maternal and newborn death reduction; malaria reduction; family medicine development; development of an emergency medicine response system; expansion of community health services; programs addressing drug addiction, domestic violence, and AIDS;

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2019 Annual Report

The year 2019 was a successful year for the Health Tanzania Foundation and its Tanzanian partners. The hospital and surgical development at the Buguruni Anglican Health Centre made great progress. Health Tanzania supported and worked closely with SEET, the interfaith-local community Tanzanian non-profit, which Health Tanzania helped establish in 2016. In 2019, SEET accomplished remarkable community work. Health Tanzania also worked closely with the

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