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Health

Hotuba ya Waziri wa Afya Mheshimiwa Anna Margareth Abdallah, Mbunge, kuhusu Makadirio ya Matumizi ya Fedha kwa Mwaka 2002/2003

Vision

Mission
Health services of high quality, effective and accessible to all, delivered by a well performing and sustainable national health system.  The mission of the Ministry of Health is to ensure that all health employees and providers deliver health services for the achievement of improved health status of the public.

Functions

  • Formulation of Health Policy.

  • Provision of:

  • Hospital services

  • Preventive services

  • Chemical management services

  • Forensic science services

  • Food and drug quality services

  • Reproductive Health services

  • Promotion of traditional medicine.

  • Inspection of health services.

  • Participating in international health and medical organizations.

  • Developing human resource under the Ministry.

  • Overseeing extra ministerial development parastatal and projects under the Ministry.

  • Supervising government agencies under the Ministry. 

Agencies/Institutions

  • Government Chemistry Laboratory.

  • Food and Drugs Agency.

  • Muhimbili National Hospital

  • Medical Stores Department

  • Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute

  • The Ocean Road Cancer Institute

  • Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC)

  • National Institute for Medical Research

  • Mbeya Referral Hospital  

Regulatory Boardies

  • Registrar of Private Hospitals

  • National Food Control Commission

  • Optical Council of Tanzania

  • Medical Council of Tanganyika

  • Pharmacy Board

  • Nurses and Midwives Council

  • Private Health Laboratories Board

  • Health Laboratory Technologists Council

  • Chief Government Chemist.

Professional Associations

  • Tanzania Registered Nurses (TARENA)

  • Medical Association of Tanzania (MAT)

  • Medical Laboratory Association (MELSAT)

  • Clinical Officers Association of Tanzania (COATA).