UCSF and Muhimbili University Launch Initiative to Strengthen Tanzanian Health Workforce

The University of California, San Francisco has received a $7.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to address the shortage of healthcare workers in Tanzania. The two-year grant will ... http://fun.cgsindustry.cn/hope/446389

Selected News From Tanzania and East Africa for the Week August 10, 2009

Police Pessimistic about War on Drugs

Tanzania needs $8b to increase power

Tanzanian traders seek opportunities in the Comoros

Selected News From Tanzania and East Africa for the Week August 3, 2009

Africans in Diaspora trace their roots in Tanzania

Danish-East African research project: PhD Project Tanzania and ...

Historic Forodhani Park Shines Again, After U.S.$2 Million Facelift

Human Rights Committee Adopts Recommendations on the Report of Tanzania

Selected News From Tanzania and East Africa for the Week July 27, 2009

Atomic Resources adds additional thermal coal resources in Tanzania

Bumper Harvest Expected in Tanzania

Chimps and HIV: The story behind the study

Furadan: A Chemical Threat to the Lions of Kenya

Tanzania enter a new communication era

Tanzania: Fungal Pesticide Saves Crops From Locusts

Tanzania launches bank for women

Tanzania to mark 50 years of milestone discovery of origin of man

Tourism in Kenya and Tanzania at risk

Vital Voices Blog » Women's Bank Opens in Tanzania

News of Interest

AIDS-like disease in chimps may be a 'missing link'

New undersea cable to South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique brings high-speed internet to Eastern Africa

Tanzania Expecting a Boost in Black Rhino Population

Green Mountain Coffee Funds Darmouth Global Health Project

Dartmouth's Dickey Center for International Understanding has received an award from Green Mountain Coffee of Waterbury, Vt., to support a project aimed at improving health, sanitation, and energy supply in villages of the Kigoma region of Tanzania. ... Source: Dartmouth News.

First A/H1N1 flu case confirmed in Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The first A/H1N1 flu case confirmed in Tanzania was a British student who was hospitalized earlier this month, Tanzanian medical official told Xinhua on Thursday. Read on ... http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2...

Tsetse, the Poverty Fly

Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), a news organization dedicated to reporting humanitarian issues, reports that the Tsetse fly is responsible yearly for $4B in agricultural losses in Africa. Sterilization of male flies has worked, most notably on the Island of Zanzibar, which is now a Tsetse fly free zone. Regardless of this success, money for Tsetse fly control is drying up or being diverted to combat other diseases. Read on ... AFRICA: Tsetse fly costs agriculture billions every year

Oldoinyo Lengai is Unique

The Maasai have known since their beginnings that the active volcano Oldoinyo Lengai was special. A team of scientists from the University of New Mexico, University of California at San Diego and Centre de Recherches Petrographiques et Geochimiques from France have confirmed that the motor oil-like lava flowing from this active Tanzanian volcano is very unique. The lava contains no silica and higher levels of carbonate minerals, which is unlike typical lava. Read on ... "New Research Study Reveals Origin of Volcano's Carbon-base Lavas".

Tobacco Makes Shift to Poor Countries

BMJ reports that by 2010, six million people worldwide will die of tobacco-related illness. Almost three quarters of those deaths will occur in poor countries. The Tobacco Atlas also shows that tobacco production has doubled since 1960 and that production has increased 300% in lower-income countries. The Tobacco Atlas is produced by the American Cancer Society and the World Lung Foundation.

Lastest African Genetic Study Reveals Origins & Migration

Researchers working in a 10-year collaboration have released the largest-ever study of African genetic data -- more than four million genotypes -- providing a library of new information on the continent which is thought to be the source of the oldest settlements of modern humans. ... University of Pennsylvania News Release

Tanzania Celebrates Union Day on April 26

Tanzania celebrates Union Day on April 26. This year it falls on a Sunday. The holiday commemorates the unification of Zanzibar and Tanganyika in 1964. Other Tanzania holidays include:

• Saba Saba Day, July 7. A festival celebrating the founding of the Tanganyika African National Union in 1954. Also called Peasants' Day.

• Naming Day, October 29. The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar officially changed its name to the United Republic of Tanzania on October 29, 1964.

• Independence Day, December 9.

• Heroes' Day, September 1. Dedicated to the heroes who defended the nation against colonization, and the Tanzania Defense Force.

• Sultan's Birthday, August 26. Observed in Zanzibar.

• Zanzibar Revolution Day, January 12.

• Chama Cha Mapinduzi Day, February 5. Birthday of Chama Cha Mapinduzi.

Public holidays Zanzibar Revolution Day, Chama Cha Mapinduzi Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Union Day, Labor Day (May 1), Saba Saba Day, Independence Day, Christmas, Mouloud, Id al-Fitr, Id al-Hajj (Id al-Adha).

Tasty Moresels Maasai Style

I tried bbq goat meat at a Maasai market; however, I did not go as far as this guy and try some of these Maasai delicacies. Enjoy!

Tasty Morsels

To read more about Maasai culture and diet, check out this Maasai entry from Wikipedia.

Hunting Quotas Exceeded

"Africa Science News Service | Reporting about African science with an African eye" is reporting that tour operator doing business from Arusha is exceeding its hunting quotas.

Hunting firm decimating Tanzania's wildlife heritage

National Geographic Adventure Blog

The National Geographic ADVENTURE blog features: The Adventure Life With Steve Casimiro - Gear, Photography, Travel Trends, Outdoor News Deep Survival By Laurence Gonzales - Survival Stories, Tips, Advice ... http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog ...

Ebola Outbreak Suspected in Tanzania

Medindia.com Networking for Health reports that Tanzania health officials have been dispatched in West/Northwest region of the country bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help contain a possible Ebola outbreak.

Mis-handling of Lab Tests and Documents Discovered at Muhimbili

Investigations by The Guardian at the Dar es Salaam-based facility last week discovered that the 'touch-and-go' attitude of the laboratory and the indolence of auxiliary staff ... http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2005/05/20/39949.html

Virus Hunters

Scientist Nathan Wolfe is studying the blood of hunters and prey in places like rural Cameroon in order to identify emerging viruses and stave off pandemics. NY Times Scientist at Work

DARDAR Health Study Results Released

It is so sweet today to report something so close to home. When Fred Pond and I were in Tanzania earlier this year to provide library support to librarians at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, scientists from the DARDAR Health Study were wrapping up their TB study. Yesterday in Paris at the World Lung Health conference, the lead in the study, Dr. Fordham von Reyn reported that a TB vaccine reduced the incidence of laboratory-confirmed TB in HIV-positive people by 37%. Source: Aidsmap | Information on HIV and AIDS

Government Issues Rift Valley Fever Alert

Health authorities in Tanzania have urged people to take precautionary measures against Rift Valley Fever (RVF), an acute viral infectious disease that affects cattle, sheep and even humans ... Source: IRIN: Humanitarian news and analysis. Here is the World Health Organization overview of RVF.