Health Issues in Tanzania

• Health is a huge problem for both adults and children in rural Africa.............

• .......1 in 10 children do not reach their 5th Birthday

Children- Biggest Killers• Malnutrition due to poverty

•Dehydration due to vomiting and diarrhoea

•Measles

•Pneumonia- Includes Acute Respiratory Infection and TB

•Transmission of HIV from mother to child

Adults- Biggest Killers• Malaria

• HIV and AIDS- 2.2 million people in Tanzania are living with HIV and AIDS: - Population of Musoma= 120,000

18,000 HIV+

• TB and Pneumonia (many sufferers will be HIV+)

• Problems in childbirth- 29% rural girls aged 15-19yrs have given birth/pregnant

Some Stories- BurnsHappiness and Joseph

-Many burns occur in villages due to open charcoal fires and hot water

-If left unattended these become infected and scar badly causing disabilities

....success stories

Success stories....

Dirty Water- Luca- 15yr Old boyLack of clean water made Luca very ill

He had:

1. Typhoid, 2. Intestinal

worm,3. Bilharzia, 4. Epilepsy and 5. Malaria

Success story- Luca- could play in the football tournament!

Before he met the team Luca slept with the chickens....

.....The team provided him with a mattress , a bed and medical care

Malaria and Dirty water-Wilson 15 yrs oldWilson had high temperature and swollen stomach

Cared for by his elderly BLIND grandmother

Had an enlarged spleen due to sickle cell anaemia. He had recurrent malaria, Bilharzia, Typhoid and Intestinal worms

The team provided him with a bednet, mesh on the windows to prevent malaria, medical care including blood transfusions, food and clean water

Wilson’s hospital

Wilson and the Team

Care for the Terminally Ill- Mkami – 38yrs old

-Very swollen abdomen due to cancer

-The team provided support with medicines, frequent hospital visits, a mattress and bed- to make her more comfortable, food, bed net, new clothing and a bible!

Providing clean water and adequate sanitation

WaterDirty water causes- - Diarrhoeal disease, (inadequate washing of cooking utensils and poor hygiene)-Cholera-Typhoid-Intestinal worms- Bilharzia -Hepatitis A

Water- Personal Hygiene

Trachoma (bacterial eye infection caused by flies which can lead to blindness)

Fungal infections

The F Diagram illustrating faecal to oral contamination

fluids

fields

flies

fingers

water quality

food new host

sanitation

faeces

hand washingwater quality

Schools

Impact of girls in education...Enables them to make informed choices about their

health.They get immunisations and health treatment for

themselves and their babies. Reduces child mortality as better informed about caring for themselves during

pregnancyCan earn20% more wages improving family nutrition and

health and therefore reducing poverty.They are more likely to avoid HIV . Studies show girls in secondary education are 3 times less likely to be HIV+

Higher chance of not being exploited and forces into early marriage

Educated girls are inclined to give birth to less children. For every 4 years additional education they have 1 less

pregnancy.

DFID 2011

Sanitation

School Toilet Block- Pit latrines

Sanitation stops the cycle of contamination from fields so the water tables are not polluted,and children in bare feet are more likely to carry infections from faeces into their homes.

Inadequate sanitation increases:1.Diarrhoeal diseases2.Spread of intestinal worms3. Lack of dignity and safety- especially for girls

How schools are affected by lack of clean water and inadequate sanitation...

• Children are required to collect water during class time for use at school

• This means they miss hours of lesson time each day• The water is needed to clean the toilets, and for drinking by

both teachers and pupils• The water collected is often contaminated causing water–

bourne diseases which impact their performance at school• Many pupils walk long distances and do not drink ALL day

until they go home in the evening • HALF of all girls drop out of school because of no water or

sanitation at school. • An ADDITIONAL 10% of girls of puberty age do not attend

school during mensturation

Providing schools with clean water, sanitation and hygiene education .....

• It improves Children‘s learning and school experience : They concentrate better, miss less school , spend more time learning and it increases dignity and safety

New Projects• Working with the Swiss Charity ‘CARITAS’

building water tanks and pit latrines for schools and learning widely accepted health education techniques……

Annatina and Hezbon

A 15,000 litre water tank for Mkono school

Training community health workers in remote villages

Lots of healthy children in our village