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Zanzibar starts vaccinating with Sinovac doses

Zanzibar starts vaccinating with Sinovac doses Saturday July 17 2021 Summary Zanzibar started its Covid-19 vaccination campaign last week using the Sinovac brand.  Omar Dadi Shajak, permanent secretary at Zanzibar’s Ministry of Health said the vaccines were initially meant for the aborted Haj pilgrims. The first batch of vaccines is expected from Covax. Advertisement Zanzibar started its Covid-19 vaccination campaign last week using the Sinovac brand, two months ahead of Mainland Tanzania where vaccination is planned to take off in September or October. The exercise targets frontline workers first.  Omar Dadi Shajak, permanent secretary at Zanzibar’s Ministry of Health said the vaccines were initially meant for the aborted Haj pilgrims. He did not give details of when the consignment arrived or how it was acquired but said the second dose will be administered in two weeks’ time.

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Human errors contribute to 85 pc of marine accidents

Human errors contribute to 85 pc of marine accidents - TASAC TANZANIA Shipping Agencies Corporation (TASAC) has said that human errors contribute to over 85 per cent of all marine accidents taking place in oceans and lakes are caused mainly by language barriers. TASAC maritime services and training manager Iroga Nashon said that recently in Dar es Salaam to members of media outlets. He said that language barriers between the liner’s captains sailing their cargo or tankers' liners are said to have contributed to the avoidable accidents taking place in the country’s ports. “Negligence and language between ship’s captains is one of the big challenges contributing to ongoing accidents in the ocean and lakes. There is a need for our local captains to increase their language capacity,” he said.

IFAD and Tanzania partner to help rural people affected by climate change

Poverty is higher in rural areas, with 31 per cent of the population living below the poverty line, and depending on livestock, food crop production and fisheries for their livelihood.

Tanzania and IFAD partner to boost productivity, improve food security and build resilience of small-scale farmers in the face of the climate change - United Republic of Tanzania

Tanzania and IFAD partner to boost productivity, improve food security and build resilience of small-scale farmers in the face of the climate change Format © IFAD/Mwanzo Millinga Rome, 12 May 2021 - A US$77.4 million project signed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania will bring much needed help to 260,000 rural households facing the impacts of climate change. The Agriculture and Fisheries Development Programme (AFDP) will provide the means for rural people to boost productivity, improve food security and nutrition, and increase their resilience. Poverty is higher in rural areas, with 31 per cent of the population living below the poverty line, and depending on livestock, food crop production and fisheries for their livelihood. At a time when the COVID-19 crisis could push another 500,000 Tanzanians into poverty, AFDP will target small-scale farmers, small and medium seed producers, artisanal fishers, processors, aquafarmers, seaweed farmers and others in 41 districts in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. Half the beneficiaries will be women and 30 per cent will be youth.

Tanzania and IFAD Partner to Boost Productivity, Improve Food Security and Build Resilience of Small-Scale Farmers in the Face of the Climate Change

Tanzania and IFAD Partner to Boost Productivity, Improve Food Security and Build Resilience of Small-Scale Farmers in the Face of the Climate Change Written by AZoCleantechMay 12 2021 A US$77.4 million project signed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania will bring much needed help to 260,000 rural households facing the impacts of climate change. The Agriculture and Fisheries Development Programme (AFDP) will provide the means for rural people to boost productivity, improve food security and nutrition, and increase their resilience. Image Credit: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ​​​​​​​Poverty is higher in rural areas, with 31 per cent of the population living below the poverty line, and depending on livestock, food crop production and fisheries for their livelihood. At a time when the COVID-19 crisis could push another 500,000 Tanzanians into poverty, AFDP will target small-scale farmers, small and medium seed producers, artisanal fishers, processors, aquafarmers, seaweed farmers and others in 41 districts in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. Half the beneficiaries will be women and 30 per cent will be youth.

Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan, Africa's first hijabi President - The Muslim NewsThe Muslim News

Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan, Africa’s first hijabi President Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan, Africa’s first hijabi President 9th Apr 2021 Samia Suluhu Hassan takes oath as Tanzania’s president, making the history as the first female leader of the East African country, in Dodoma on March 19. (Credit: Tanzanian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency) Ahmed Rajab Tanzania’s new President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, is a good example of an unknown known. Although she had been in public life, both in her native Zanzibar and on Mainland Tanzania since 2000, she remains an enigma. Mama Samia, as she is now fondly called, became the country’s first female President on March 19 upon the death two days earlier of President John Pombe Magufuli, who ruled Tanzania with an iron fist. Samia was his Vice-President since they were elected in 2015 on a joint ticket of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM).

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