Tanzania

EQUIP was invited by the Ministry of Health-Tanzania and USAID supported in-country implementing partners, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), Deloitte, MDH and FHI360, to provide Technical Assistance and support for various in-country assessments. One such initiative is a laboratory assessment to identify the status of Viral Load Scale up within Tanzania. Thereafter EQUIP developed the work plans which all implementation partners will adopt.

Our Consortium Partners

MatCH * Right to Care

Our Supporting Partners

NHLS (Wits Pathology)

Population

56 Million

GDP in 2016

$47.43 Billion USD

HIV Statistics

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Number of people living with HIV (all ages)

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Deaths due to AIDS (all ages)

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Number of orphans due to AIDS (0 – 17)

0%

Estimated antiretroviral treatment coverage (adults ages 15+)

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Estimated percentage of pregnant women living with HIV who receive antiretroviral medications for PMTCT

More about the work we do in Tanzania

In Tanzania currently, EQUIP provides Test & Start roll-out support, innovative models of service delivery, and viral load scale-up.

EQUIP provided direct technical support, collaborating with Deloitte through the Tunajali programme, to 163 high volume sites (mainly aggressive scale up or aggressive saturation sites) located in Iringa, Morogoro, Njombe, Ruvuma, Singida and Dodoma districts in Tanzania. EQUIP also provides technical assistance to local implementing partner, JHPIEGO through the Sauti za Watanzania (Sauti-TZ) programme which supports 15 districts.

On the Technical Assistance side EQUIP also conducted rapid assessments in Tanzania of six hospitals (Ligula Regional Hospital, Likombe Health Centre, Ufukoni Dispensary, Mazimbu District Hospital, Morogoro Regional Hospital, and Melela Health Centre).

When EQUIP partnered with JHPIEGO to strengthen the Key Population treatment cascade in advocating for a demonstration project for community-based ART for key populations. The programme objective was to promote access to HIV/AIDS services and improve ART outcomes for female sex workers (FSW) and men who have sex with men (MSM) through a decentralized model of care. EQUIP developed the operational Research Protocol for Institutional Review Board (IRB) review and approval; standard operating procedures for community-based ART initiation including transfer and enrolment of key populations into community ART, initiation and monitoring ART in key populations, supply chain management of ART initiation as well as laboratory and data management.

About Tanzania

Tanzania is one of Africa’s fastest growing economies with nearly 7% annual GDP growth since 2000. While the economy has grown, widespread poverty persists with over 46% (2011) of Tanzania’s population living on under $1.90 per day. Income disparity is more pronounced in rural areas, where economic growth has been hardly perceptible among the predominantly rural (68 percent) population.
Tanzania’s natural resources are an asset to the country, providing the basis for livelihoods—but unsustainable use of these resources threatens to perpetuate the cycle of poverty. Women and youth are key to Tanzania’s continued development, but are among the most marginalized citizens.