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United Republic of Tanzania

1. Research for health – national priorities	5. Resources
2. Research for health – policies and governance	6. Country Background
3. Key Institutions	7. Country Reviewers
4. Research Financing and Partnership

1. Research for health – national priorities


	*Update in progress*

2. Research for health – policies and
governance


	In this section we will provide links to national policies relevant to health research where these exist. We are in the process of compiling this information, which will be posted in the next phase.

3. Key Institutions


•	Government	Hon. (Mrs) Anna Margareth Abdallah Minister of Health Ministry of Health and Social Welfare P.O. Box 9083 Dar-es-Salaam Web:http://www.tanzania.go.tz/healthf.html Mr Mwinyi Haji Makame Zanzibar
•	Research Councils	• Ministry for Science, Technology and Higher Education Msasani PO Box 2645 Dar es Salaam Dr Pius Ng'wandu Minister Tel: +255 22 266 6322 Fax: +255 22 266 6097 • National Institute for Medical Research Ocean Road PO Box 9653 Dar es Salaam Dr Andrew Y. Kitua Director General Tel: +255 222 130 770/ 13 Fax: +255 222 130 660 Web:http://www.nimr.or.tz Dr Mwelecele Malecela-Lazaro Director Research Coordination and Promotion Tel: +255 22 212 1338 Fax: +255 22 212 0020 • Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road PO Box 4302 255 Dar es Salaam Dr Rose Rita Kingamkono Director Research Coordination and Promotion Tel:+255 22 270 0752 / 4 Fax:+255 22 277 5313/4 Email:rkingamkono@costech.or.tz Web:http://www.costech.or.tz • Tanzania National Health Research Forum C/O Bugando University College PO Box 1464 Mwanza Dr Joseph Shija Chairman Tel:+255 744 315 636/282 Fax:+255 282 500 799/502 Web:http://www.nimr.or.tz/Pages/projects/tanher_forum.html
•	Academic Institutions and Research Institutions (non-profit)	• Institute Of Public Health College Of Health Sciences University Of Dar Es Salaam United Nations Road Po Box 65015 Upanga Dar Es Salaam United Rep. Tanzania • Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences (MUCHS) P.O. Box 65001 Dar es Salaam Tel:+255-51-15.03.02 to 15.03.06 Fax:+255-51-15.15.96 E-Mail:registrar@muchs.ac.tz Web:http://www.muchs.ac.tz
•	Civil Society Organisations / NGOs	*Update in progress*
•	Private Research Institutions (for profit)	*Update in progress*
•	Other	*Update in progress*

4. Research Financing and Partnership


•	Internal funding - Update in progress
•	External funding - Update in progress

5. Resources


•	Health Systems 20/20

•	Assessing the Efficacy of Health Research as a Development Strategy in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. NYU Wagner – COHRED Capstone Project, 2006

•	Research into Action, Issue 23 COHRED's Newsletter, Geneva, 2002

•	Health Research in Tanzania: How should public money be spent? Geneva, 2000

•	National Survey of Health Research for Development in Tanzania - a Summary African consultative process, in preparation for the International Conference on Health Research for Development (Bangkok, 2000), Tanzania, 2000

•	Tanzania - re-orientation of the ENHR mechanism to reinforce partnership Learning Brief 2000.1, Geneva

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6. Country Background


•	WHO
•	World Bank
•	Canadian International Development Agency ( CIDA )
•	CIA

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Last updated: 26 May, 2008