Nutrition & Health Promotion

Environments & Health Promotion 

Policy Issue 

Tanzania has put in place conducive environment for the provision of health education and promotion services at almost all levels. Financial budgets allocated for health education have increased. All health sector stakeholders participated in the provision of health education and promotion services. This has been through increasing use of communication media, especially television, internet, mobile phones and social media such as Facebook, twitter, blogs, etc.   Effective community health education has some positive impact on social welfare. There has been an increasing knowledge /awareness towards the protection and promotion of health by the communities in Tanzania. It has also increased government and private sectors investments in social services especially to vulnerable groups such as elders, women, children and people with disabilities. However, Tanzania has no governing principles, act, regulations and guidelines established for health education, weak institutional linkages and community engagement.  

Policy Objective 

Effective health promotion services  

Policy Statements  

The NGO’s will:  

Establish principles, acts and regulations for promotion of health services to the communities

Ensure active community engagement in the designing, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating health promotion and education programs; and

Ensure effective collaboration with government and stakeholders in the issue of health promotions