TANZANIA
 According to the National Malaria Control Program, approximately 17 to 20 million malaria cases occur in Tanzania per year, accounting for over 40% of all outpatient attendance. Of those cases, more than 80,000 people die from the disease each year; it is a major killer of children under five years old.
In Tanzania, Voices national and district level advocacy work enhances the effectiveness of existing behavior change communication (BCC) programs while strengthening the national level advocacy focus on applying resources effectively.
In Tanzania Voices, in collaboration with Tanzania National Malaria Movement (TANAM)*, aims to:
- To coordinate resources and advocate through sustainable research, information and knowledge sharing, partnership building, and lobbying for a malaria-free environment in our communities.
Voices uses three key strategies for malaria control in Tanzania:
- Monitoring evaluation and surveillance of malaria sites for malaria epidemic early detection and response.
- Community mobilization for community –based malaria control and BCC activities
- Capacity building to facilitate planning and training in the regions and districts.
Tanzanian football stars have lent their time and faces to the United Against Malaria media campaign. Shown is a player filming a PSA about malaria control in Tanzania. (Credit: Ayesha Mawji)
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Current Activities
- Collaborate with international initiatives such as United Against Malaria (UAM) to strengthen mass media campaigns with high-visibility sports, music stars and local celebrities to maximize the impact of advocacy messages, particularly during the UAM/World Cup 2010 campaign.
- Help facilitate the development and pre-testing of UAM messaging and high level UAM events in Tanzania, as well as support production and broadcasting of spots that align with project advocacy objectives.
- Adapt and pilot the successful District Malaria Action Teams (DMATs) based on the successful Ghanaian model.
- Educate and collaborate with regional and district level leaders to prioritize malaria in their areas.
- Develop strategies to synthesize and disseminate the national malaria control strategy and other key malaria documents, as part of the Tanzania National Malaria Movement (TANAM) NGO network.
*TANAM is a collaborative network of 150 CBOs/FBOs/NGOS committed to effective coordination that maximizes impact of collective resources and advocate to address the challenges of malaria in Tanzania.
A health clinic worker fills out a ITN voucher for an expectant mother in Tanzania (Credit: Bonnie Gillespie)
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