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• Personal Stories

  Rose’s Fistula Healing Joy.

  [caption id="attachment_1486" align="alignleft" width="683"] Rose Josephat Lema. Image ©Adrian Mgaya for Amref Health Africa Tanzania.[/caption]

  Rose Josephat Lema (46) was always a happy woman until after she gave birth to her fifth child. Despite being ecstatic (happy) to have another addition to her family, she faced a very difficult post-partum experience that left her with a debilitating condition: obstetric

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  “I have decided, NO MORE CUT to our beautiful girls” – Nashipai Ngomian

  The practice of FGM is rooted in social norms, cultural beliefs, and economic incentives. FGM is practiced for various reasons; to some communities, it means to control women’s sexuality and, in Maasai communities in Tanzania is considered an important rite of passage into womanhood.

  For over 16 years, Nashipai has been practicing FGC (Ngariba) in her community. When Amref Tanzania started the end FGM initiative in her community, she was informed and educated on

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  Restoring hope is what attracted Nasra to become a Community Health Worker.

  In 2021 Amref Health Africa under the support of Global Fund identified and trained some Community Health Workers (CHWs) on community TB care for three days. Nasra Issa Salimu, a 22 years’ young lady who was born and raised in Bereko village was a beneficiary and became a CHW and since then she became a pioneer.

  In an effort to end TB, Nasra shared her routine. “I visit local authorities to obtain schedules and permits to provide TB health education and sensitization to community meetings, open markets, scho

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  TB Screening Mobile Clinic Brings Hope to Sakami Village

  “I am personally very happy and I know a lot of people are happy because they got a chance to do the TB screening for free and it has impacted a lot of people in a very short period….”. This was a part of the response from one of the Medical Assistants named Sophia Mbwana (55) who has been in service for 36 years.

  When the mobile clinic arrived at Sakami village in Kondoa, Dodoma region, the leaders announced to  the community members about the free TB screening.  Many people were screened, receive

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  As a motorcyclist, I have gained community trust, respect and recognition

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  Traditional healers blend old customs with health training

  Hollo Nteba “a traditional healer sells old customs in exchange for new health training”.

  In rural Tanzania, traditional beliefs that define sickness as an unavoidable part of life often prevail over modern medicine. With few alternatives, isolated populations far from health centers often rely on the traditional healers for health issues. Incantations and medicinal plants are used during ceremonies where the patients put their lives in the hands

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  FROM UNDER THE TREE TO THE WELL FURNISHED MARTENITY WARD.

  
  Habiya village is one of villages where women encountered challenges pertaining childbirth. These challenges included limited healthcare services for pregnant women and inadequate equipment which derived to the loss of lives of women in some instances. The same situation has been experienced in the other regions and for that Maternal Mortality rate is still high. 

  Habiya village in Itilima District struggled with many of the same challenges as other villages in rural areas of Tanzania. Most of the available

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  “LIVING 60 YEARS WITH OBSTETRIC FISTULA, I’M NOW OK”.

  There are so many myths around fistula in our communities. Normally, women who are diagnosed with this problem face stigma and some endure shame and pain for the rest of their lives. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, worldwide, up to two million women may be living with fistula. However, the stigma that surrounds the condition causes many cases to&n

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