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The Government through the Medical Depot (MSD) Iringa Region has handed over medical equipment to the Kifana Health Center in Njombe Town Council in the region worth more than 200 million shillings.

The health center is among the new centers recently built by the government with the aim of bringing services closer to the citizens.

Speaking at the weekend, the MSD Iringa Region Manager Robert Lugembe said the move is in support of the efforts of the government of President Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan in improving health services.

Vice President Dr. Philip Mpango has said the government recognizes the struggle in the construction of pharmaceutical factories but since the decision is made by President Dr. Samia Suluhi Hassan, no one will be able to stop them, so they will be built.

He said that currently the government imports 80 percent of medicines and 90 percent of medical equipment from abroad, a situation that causes shortages of equipment and high costs of importing health equipment, so it is necessary to take difficult decisions.

THE MINISTER of Health, Ummy Mwalimu, has said that President Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan is determined to bring about a revolution in the industrial sector, especially in the pharmaceutical and medical equipment sectors.

President Dr. Samia has continued to provide investment funds in the industrial sector and all development projects initiated in the fifth phase are being implemented.

Mwalimu said this in Njombe region while inspecting production at a gloves factory located in Idofi, in the region.

Tabora Region has been named the first in the country to have a high rate of malaria infection, a situation that stems from the misconception that the use of medicated mosquito nets reduces male potency.

Statistics show that the malaria infection rate has increased from 11.7 percent in 2016/2017 to 23.4 percent in 2022 while the national malaria infection rate is 8.1 percent.

Due to this situation, the government through the Medicines Department (MSD) has set up camps in the region and distributed medicated mosquito nets.

The Director General of the Tanzania Medical Depot (MSD), Mavere Tukai, has said that the availability of medicines in the country has reached 81 percent in June 2023 from 57 percent in June 2022, which has contributed to simplifying the provision of services in the country.

He said this on September 27, 2023 in Dar es Salaam during a working session with media editors in the country under the coordination of the Treasury Registrar's Office.