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Tanzania

Capital city
Dar es Salaam
Latitude
-6.18
Longitude
35.75
Geo
POINT (35.75 -6.18)
Country Boundaries
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USAID Nutrition Profile
USAID Nutrition Profile

Vitamin A Supplementation & De‐worming Post Event Coverage Survey: 2010 Tanzania Mainland Final Report on Research Findings, April 2011

Final Report on research and findings from a Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) Post‐Event Coverage Survey for Mainland Tanzania that occurred in July 2010. The survey used cross‐sectional randomized cluster methodology to obtain and validate national coverage estimates for the June 2010 mass distribution round of VAS and de‐worming. The survey also characterized children missed by the VAS mass distribution round as a basis to plan better strategies to reach them in the future.

Assessment of the National Vitamin A Supplementation and De-worming Program in Tanzania: Strategies for VAS and De-worming Distribution in Tanzania, Five Year Plan, June 27, 2011

The purpose of this document is to recommend strategies that can be used to strengthen the long-term sustainability of vitamin A supplementation and de-worming distribution throughout mainland Tanzania. It is presented as an accompanying document that follows on the work and results generated in the Assessment of the National Vitamin A Supplementation and De-worming Program in Tanzania completed in May 2011.

Assessment of the National Vitamin A Supplementation and De-worming Program in Tanzania Assessment Report, June 27, 2011

The Childhood Blindness Project operated from 2006 to 2011 in the United Republic of Tanzania (mainland). The program supported the vitamin A supplementation (VAS) and de-worming programs. In 2011, an assessment was completed to review the National Vitamin A Program through June 2011 using a desk review, stakeholder interviews and focus group discussions. The findings and recommendations from this report were used in the design of the accompanying Long-Term Strategy for VAS in Tanzania.