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Abbott-funded Program Addresses Need for PMTCT Services
Developing Youth Leadership through Sports
FHI/Tanzania Program Addresses Clinical Staff Shortages
Summit Strengthens Pharmaceutical Sector Role in HIV/AIDS Services
FHI/Tanzania Supports Local Community Palliative Care Groups
Communities Pledge to Fight HIV/AIDS Along Transportation Routes OCTOBER 2008 — Community leaders representing port workers, truckers, fishermen, women, youth, and people living with HIV/AIDS came together this month at the Port of Dar es Salaam to sign a pact pledging to work in their communities to prevent the spread of HIV. The event was organized by FHI's ROADS Project.
"Bounce Out HIV" Basketball Tournament in Dar es Salaam
World AIDS Day Activities Focus on Women and Girls DECEMBER 2007 — Because women and girls make up almost 60 percent of adults living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, the UJANA Project in Tanzania held its World AIDS Day activities in conjunction with another global event, the 16 days of Activism Against Gender Violence Against Women. At a "girls' power" conference, a talent competition was held to create messages for the young women's procession.
Training on Quality Assurance and Improvement in OVC Programs
FHI Links Communities with Health Facilities to Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS
USAID Awards FHI Project to Protect Youth from AIDS NOVEMBER 2006 — USAID has awarded FHI/Tanzania a five-year, $25 million project to protect youth from AIDS. Called UJANA (Swahili for "Youthfulness"), the project will work with influential adults and community members to help youth develop skills to abstain from or delay sex, remain faithful to one partner if engaged in a relationship, reduce their number of sexual partners, or if appropriate, use condoms. UJANA particularly focuses on gender relations.
The Tumaini Project Restores Life for Nangoku OCTOBER 2005 — Nangoku, a 37 year-old mother from Sambasya, was sick for a prolonged period of time. A trained volunteer from Tumaini, a home-based palliative care program led by FHI, heard of Nangoku's plight and visited the family. Read the full article for details on how Nangoku overcame self-stigma and received proper treatment.
Care and Treatment Program Restores Hope for Young Boy
OCTOBER 2005 — David, an 11-year-old boy, has returned to school after months of being bedridden. FHI's technical assistance to the Tumaini Program has helped the network of community and faith-based organizations better assess HIV-positive patients, providing them with home-based care and treatment referrals.
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MARCH 2009 — Despite having a national care and treatment plan, in late 2006 Tanzania suffered significant gaps in the provision of antiretroviral therapy to children and in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). Since then, with support from the Abbott Fund, FHI has helped the Dodoma region mitigate the effects of HIV/AIDS on children and contributed to a significant reduction of pediatric AIDS in Tanzania. 
NOVEMBER 2008 — A year ago FHI launched an initiative that aims to ease Tanzania's medical staffing shortage by re-employing retired clinicians and nurses. Retired medical workers are helping to fill staffing gaps created by a significant increase in HIV patients and a decreasing number of newly trained nurses and clinicians. The Retired, but not Tired initiative is part of the TUNAJALI ('we care') program funded through PEPFAR. 
OCTOBER 2008 — In Tanzania, there is one trained pharmacist for every 56,000 Tanzanians. In September, ROADS partner Howard University and the Pharmacy Council of Tanzania convened a first-of-its-kind summit, "Improving Medication Dispensing, Utilization, and Health Information at the Community Level," to explore the issue of limited pharmaceutical resources and develop policy recommendations. 
OCTOBER 2008 — In Tanzania, FHI is supporting community organizations to train volunteers to provide basic needs support to people living with HIV and AIDS, including orphans and other vulnerable children.
SEPTEMBER 2008 — Enthusiastic crowds came out in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to see the FHI-sponsored "Bounce Out HIV" street basketball tournament and learned about HIV prevention.
AUGUST 2007 — FHI is helping to co-host the US Government-sponsored training, "Improving and Assuring Quality Services for Orphans and Vulnerable Children," in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, from Sept. 11 to 14. This training will equip attendees to apply a standards-based approach to quality improvement. 
APRIL 2007 — FHI is supporting comprehensive care services for people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania and the decentralization of services, including antiretroviral therapy, to the health center level. FHI's work is featured in the June 2007 issue of Tumaini magazine ("Linking Communities with Health Facilities to Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS"). The issue also includes an interview with FHI/Tanzania Country Director Eric van Praag, who talks about FHI's other work in Tanzania.