Wildlife

China donates 50 vehicles to Tanzania to support anti-poaching efforts

Tanzania's anti-poaching crusade received a boost on Sunday when the Chinese government donated 50 special vehicles worth 1.3 million U.S.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2015
Shanghai Daily (China)
Tags:
Wildlife, Poaching, China, Tanzania, Elephant, National Parks, Africa
Wildlife

Tanzania's elephant catastrophe: 'We recalculated about 1,000 times because we didn't believe what we were seeing'

As Howard Frederick flew in a Cessna low over the scrubland of Tanzania’s Selous game reserve, it was the complete absence of elephants rather than the piles of scattered bones he saw that chilled

Publication Date: 
20/07/2015
Telegraph (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Wildlife, Tanzania, Elephant, Poaching, Africa
Health

Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED)

Most studies of the causes of diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income countries have looked at severe disease in people presenting for care, and there are few estimates of pathogen-specific diarrhoea burdens in the community. The researchers undertook a birth cohort study with not only intensive community surveillance for diarrhoea but also routine collection of non-diarrhoeal stools from eight sites in South America, Africa, and Asia.

Publication Date: 
19/07/2015
James A Platts-Mills, Sudhir Babji, Ladaporn Bodhidatta & et al
Lancet Global Health
1-12
Tags:
Diarrhoea, Developing Countries, Waterborne diseases, South America, Africa, Asia, India, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Brazil, Nepal, Peru, Pakistan, South Africa, Tanzania, Vellore (D), Child Health
Health

Financing universal health coverage—effects of alternative tax structures on public health systems: cross-national modelling in 89 low-income and middle-income countries

How to finance progress towards universal health coverage in low-income and middle-income countries is a subject of intense debate. We investigated how alternative tax systems aff ect the breadth, depth, and height of health system coverage. The researchers used cross-national longitudinal fi xed effects models to assess the relationships between total and different types of tax revenue, health system coverage, and associated child and maternal health outcomes in 89 low-income and middle-income countries from 1995–2011.

Publication Date: 
18/07/2015
Aaron Reeves, Yannis Gourtsoyannis, Sanjay Basu & et al
Lancet
386
274-280
Tags:
Health Care, Infant mortality, China, India, Developing Countries, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Finance, Maternal Health, Private Sector, Health For All
Forests

Villagers get 54m/- reserved forest protection benefits

MEMBERS of the community surrounding Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park have been given over 54m/- as benefits of protecting the reserved forest.

Publication Date: 
15/07/2015
Daily News (Tanzania)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Tanzania, National Parks, Africa
Health

Ethiopia: FFD3 - Global Financing Facility Launched to Boost Maternal and Children's Health

Africa: Achieving Zero Hunger - Combining Social Protection With Pro-Poor Investments

Publication Date: 
15/07/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Maternal Health, Child Health, Ethiopia, Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Congo
Mining

Tanzania: Risk Assessment at Mining Sites 'Inadequate'

There have been public outcries and concerns from stakeholders in relation to environmental problems resulting from mining activities.

Publication Date: 
14/07/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Mining, Tanzania, Environment, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Africa, Mining Waste
Forests

Forest ecosystems in the transition to a green economy and the role of REDD+ in the United Republic of Tanzania

Deforestation in Tanzania could cost the national economy 5,588 billion Tanzanian Shillings (US$3.5 billion, based on 2013 exchange rates) between 2013 and 2033 on current trends, highlighting the importance of investing in the forestry sector to alleviate poverty and boost growth, according to a new report.

Publication Date: 
09/07/2015
UNEP
Tags:
Forests, Ecosystem Services, REDD, Ecosystems, Deforestation, Tanzania, Economy, Forest Management
Energy

Tanzania: Solar and Wind Potential Can Help Meet Future Power Generation Goals

TANZANIA has immense solar and wind power potential that could provide much-needed energy for the developing nation, according to preliminary findings from a World Bank renewable energy resource ma

Publication Date: 
08/07/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Tanzania, Renewable Energy, Electricity, Africa
Forests

Tanzania: Plastic Desks to Replace Wooden Ones in Conservation Efforts

Dodoma — AS part of efforts to conserve forests, the government plans to introduce special plastic desks in schools to replace wooden tables.

Publication Date: 
08/07/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Tanzania, Forest Conservation, Africa

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