Tanzania
New partnership to benefit communities in Tanzania 2023-02-17
Posted February 19th, 2023 by librarian-hdFeb 17, 2023Share
The Aga Khan University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) for the exchange of expertise and collaboration on research, capacity building and institutional development.
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Aga Khan building resilience in East Africa’s education 2023-02-02
Posted February 6th, 2023 by librarian-hdSummary
Driven by the reality experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic and Ebola in Uganda, the institution conducted a study and came up with appropriate ways that can be used by ministries of education to deal with such shocks
Dar es Salaam. Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development, East Africa, has brought together education ministries of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda to deliberate on ways to build strong education systems that will overcome unprecedented disasters such as Covid-19 and Ebola.
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Aga Khan Hospital to install Sh12 billion radiation equipment 2023-01-17
Posted January 17th, 2023 by librarian-hdDar es Salaam. The Aga Khan Health Institute has signed an agreement with Elekta Company for the procurement and installation of radiation therapy equipment that will better cancer screening and treatment in the country.
The equipment which cost between €4.5 million (Sh10.8 billion) to €5 million (Sh12 billion) will have the capacity to treat 50 to 75 patients within eight working hours.
The agreement, aimed at enabling the institute to acquire one of the world’s most advanced machines, will improve the provision of quality health services to Tanzanians.
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Tanzania: Micro-Forests Project Launched to Lessen Global Warming Impacts 2022-10-19
Posted October 20th, 2022 by librarian-hdVolunteers from the Ismaili Community have teamed up with technical staff from the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) to establish microforest in Dar es Salaam, an initiative geared to slow down effects of climate change.
The project will also be implemented in 35 secondary schools located in Dar es Salaam, Lindi as well as in Zanzibar.
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Tanzania: Aga Khan Hospital Raises Alarm Over NCDs Trend 2022-10-04
Posted October 9th, 2022 by librarian-hdTanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
By James Kamala
The Aga Khan Hospital has raised a red flag over an appalling trend of the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) upon learning from patients seeking treatment at the hospital and its allied health centres.
The hospital noted that most patients they attended to were diagnosed with different types of NCDs.
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Tanzania: Govt Reaffirms Cooperation With Akdn 2022-07-18
Posted July 18th, 2022 by librarian-hdTHE government has reaffirmed its commitment to continue working closely with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in all areas of mutual interest.
The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Ambassador Mbarouk Nassor Mbarouk expressed the commitment this week when the organisation celebrated the 65th anniversary of the ascension of Aga Khan to the Ismaili Imamat in Dar es Salaam.
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AKDN dishes out Sh188 million subsidy to entrepreneurs 2022-05-27
Posted May 27th, 2022 by librarian-hdMtwara. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), in cooperation with the European Union (EU), has given a Sh188.32 million subsidy to entrepreneurs in Lindi and Mtwara regions in order to help them encounter economic effects brought about by the Covid-19.
The subsidy is part of a project run jointly by the EU and Aga Khan to encounter the effects of the Covid-19 in the four nations of Tanzania, Kenya Uganda and Mozambique.
At least 112 groups with a total of 1,290 members in the regions have benefited from the subsidy.
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Aga Khan University project to help pastoralists’ children 2022-04-28
Posted April 28th, 2022 by librarian-hdArusha. Children of pastoralist communities in the Arusha region hope to start benefiting from the nurturing and development projects that are being implemente by the Aga Khan University (AKU).
The three-year project was launched on Wednesday April 27, by Arusha Regional Commissioner John Mongella who called on all government institutions in the region to help in supporting the project.
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Speech by Princess Zahra Aga Khan at Dar es Salaam foundation stone laying for Cancer Care Centre 2022-04-10
Posted April 13th, 2022 by librarian-hdHonourable Ummy Mwalimu, Honourable Minister of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania,
Ms Stephanie Mouen, Country Director, Agence Française de Développement,
President and Vice Chancellor of AKU and fellow members of AKU Board of Trustees,
Distinguished Guests, Ladies, Gentlemen and Friends,
Jambo and Karibu and Ramadan Kareem
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Foundation stone laid for Tanzanian cancer care centre, 1.7m to benefit 2022-04-10
Posted April 13th, 2022 by librarian-hdDar es Salaam, Tanzania, 10 April 2022 – The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam laid the foundation stone for its state-of-the-art cancer care centre, which will serve as a key hub for the innovative Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project (TCCP). The Project, launched by the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) in January 2020, has the goal of reducing cancer morbidity and mortality in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza.
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Foundation stone laid for Tanzanian cancer care centre, 1.7m to benefit 2022-04-10
Posted April 13th, 2022 by librarian-hdDar es Salaam, Tanzania, 10 April 2022 – The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam laid the foundation stone for its state-of-the-art cancer care centre, which will serve as a key hub for the innovative Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project (TCCP). The Project, launched by the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) in January 2020, has the goal of reducing cancer morbidity and mortality in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza.
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Princess Zahra visits Aga Khan Hospital Dar-es-Salaam 2022-04-10
Posted April 10th, 2022 by librarian-hdNEWS: 2022, april 10: PRINCESS ZAHRA IN TANZANIA: Princess Zahra visited the Aga Khan Hospital this Saturday as part of a short trip in Tanzania for AKDN and AKUH work that will take her to a day trip to Zanzibar Sunday 10 April 2022 before she leaves from Dar es Salaam the next day. More photos and video : see link below.
NEWS, PHOTOS AND VIDEOS: https://forum.ismaili.net/viewtopic.php?p=74843#p74843
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Tanzania: Nimr, Aga Khan Partnership to Boost Health Research 2022-04-07
Posted April 7th, 2022 by librarian-hdTanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
Medical Research (NIMR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Aga Khan Health Services in Tanzania (AKHST) to collaborate in health research and information sharing.
The MoU which was signed in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday opened a new beginning in health research chapter by supporting programmes which are being executed by both institutions with the aim of improving treatment and medication in Tanzania.
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Bugando receives gear from Aga Khan, AFD 2022-03-14
Posted March 15th, 2022 by librarian-hdMwanza. The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) in collaboration with the French Development Agency (AFD) last week handed over a breast cancer screening machine worth Sh800 million to Bugando Medical Centre (BMC).
The machine was procured under a four-year Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer project which is under the two development agencies, according to the project manager, Dr Harrison Chuwa.
The inauguration of the machine was held at Bugando hospital in Mwanza Region where over 20 people would be diagnosed.
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Government seeks Aga Khan’s help in developing Dodoma City 2018-06-27
Posted March 7th, 2022 by librarian-hdSpeaking during a dinner gala that was part of year-long celebrations of Diamond Jubilee on June 25, 2018 at Parliament grounds, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said the government needed world-class facilities in Dodoma, adding that the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has what it takes to help.
Dodoma. The government has extended an invitation to his Highness the Aga Khan to visit Dodoma and help the authorities to come up with some world class investment facilities befitting a capital city.
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Tanzania: Pakistan Navy Ship to Host Free Medical Camp in Tanzania at Aga Khan Diamond Jubilee Hall Dar-es-Salaam 2022-01-06
Posted January 6th, 2022 by librarian-hdTanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
The Pakistan Navy Ship PNS ALAMGIR is scheduled to hold a 'free medical camp' in Dar es Salaam as part of a goodwill visit in Tanzania, a statement from the Embassy of Pakistan said on Wednesday.
The Medical Camp is being organized at the Aga Khan Diamond Jubilee Hall, Malik Road, Upanga, Dar es Salaam, from 10 a.m. to 03 p.m. for two days on January 11 and 12, 2022.
The Aga Khan Diamond Jubilee Hall is offered on a complimentary basis as a humanitarian gesture by the Aga Khan Development Network Tanzania for the Pakistan Navy's Free Medical Camp.
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Lecture by His Serene Highness Prince Aly Khan under the chairmanship of His Worship the Mayor, 1951-01-30
Posted December 28th, 2021 by librarian-hdLecture by His Serene Highness Prince Aly Khan under the chairmanship of His Worship the Major, councillor Abdulkarim M.L.C., Vice - President of the Dar es Salaam Cultural Society.January 30, 1951
"THE MIDDLE EAST"
It is indeed ironical that here, in Dar es Salaam, "Haven of peace", I must speak of war.
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ALMC, Aga Khan In A Major Foray In Medical Tourism Drive 2021-12-10
Posted December 12th, 2021 by librarian-hdIn their painstaking efforts to attract foreign patients and ease the plight of local patients seeking treatment abroad, the ALMC and The Aga Khan Hospital signed the agreement to create a synergy between the two world-class medical care facilities in fostering provision of global standard healthcare service for chronic illness patients.
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Takht Nashini 1957 DaresSalaam
In October 1957 the first Takht Nashini of our 49th Holy Imam was performed in DaresSalaam (Upanga) Tanzania
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1997 Serena
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