Climate Change and Sustainability
By Grace Lewis – Art in Tanzania internship Contribution of Anthropogenic Activities on global warming and the thei specific mitigation measures. ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES: these are human activities which contributes to an increasingly influence in the climate change and the earth’s temperature by burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests and farming livestock. This thereby adds enormous […]
HIV AND AIDS IN TANZANIA
By Gwamaka Mwakyusa – Art in Tanzania internship 2018, 1.6 million people were living with HIV in Tanzania. This equates to an estimated HIV prevalence among adults of 4.6%. In the same year, 72,000 people were newly infected with HIV, and 24,000 people died from an AIDS-related illness. Despite the numbers, Tanzania has done well […]
Taking actions to reduce neonatal disorders
By Pooja Senthamaraiselvan – Art in Tanzania internship Tanzania is making great strides in reducing child mortality, but has demonstrated slower progress in reducing neonatal deaths. There has been a declining trend in NMR over the past decade but it indicates a very gradual improvement. In order to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 […]
The Effect of COVID – 19 on African Tourism
By Dilyara Shantayeva – Art in Tanzania internship Tourism is an important economic sector for Africa. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, Africa received 71.2 million international arrivals in 2019 amounting to about US$ 40 billion in revenue. This represents a 4 percent growth in arrivals over that of the previous year. Tourism […]
Fight Against Tuberculosis
by Senthamaraiselvan Pooja – Art in Tanzania internship Background of Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The United Republic of Tanzania is one of the 30 countries with the highest burden of TB in the world. According to WHO, 142 000 people (253 per 100 000 […]
CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR IN TANZANIA
By Rosemary David – Art in Tanzania internship Child labour or child labor refers to the exploitation of children through any form of work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful. Such exploitation is prohibited by legislation worldwide, although these […]