Dodoma Regional Commissioner, Hon. Rosemary Senyamule has commended the leadership of the Medical Supply Department (MSD) for the major changes underway in the institution, which have largely helped reduce complaints of shortages of health products in the country, for example complaints of shortages of medicines.
The Retired Fourth President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, has handed over to the Government of Tanzania through the Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Godwin Mollel, on behalf of the Minister of Health, Hon. Ummy Mwalimu, 22 million tablets of Vitamin A drops for children, provided by the Government of Canada, through the Nutrition International (NI) organization.
Dr. Kikwete, has handed over the medicines as one of the board members of the Nutrition International Organization, which is the one who provided the assistance.
The Tanzania Medical Device (MSD) has met with laboratory experts who are the Managers of laboratories in Regional, Special, Zone and National Referral Hospitals. The three-day meeting in Dar es Salaam aims to assess the availability and quality of laboratory health products distributed to health care facilities in the country.
Speaking at the opening of the meeting, the Director General of MSD, Mavere Tukai, told participants to use the three days planned to ensure that they come up with solutions to the challenges that arise in this laboratory sector.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and AIDS Affairs has said it is satisfied with the performance of the Medicines Depot (MSD) and the plans for implementing its responsibilities, including the production of medicines to reduce the need to buy medicines abroad.
The Medical Device Distribution (MSD) has begun distributing medical equipment purchased by the government worth over Sh14.9 billion to the regions for hospitals, health centers and dispensaries with the aim of reducing maternal and child mortality.
The Manager of MSD, Dar es Salaam Zone, which serves the regions of Dar es Salaam, Coast, Morogoro and Zanzibar Islands, Betia Kaema said this during the handover of the equipment by the Morogoro Regional Commissioner, Adam Malima for the 11 regions of the Region.
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