Over 1.57 million people in 63 districts in 15 regions need free and subsidized food from the government beginning this November, revealed by the September 2009 Rapid Vulnerability Assessment. According to the report published last October by the Famine Early Warning System Network says that the affected population expected to need food assistance amounting to 56,740 tonnes, from available in-country stocks.
Researchers have solved the first step in treating the common cold, by mapping its entire genome, or genetic map, teams from the University of Maryland and the University of Wisconsin-Madison reported...
The remarkable case gives new impetus to the development of gene therapy for HIV which could ultimately replace the need for expensive and toxic antiretroviral drugs. Instead of taking drugs for life,...
The busy Kariakoo market in the Tanzanian capital is stocked with knock-off merchandise - from imported car parts to handbags – and traders from across Africa come to buy cheap imports to sell a...
Smokers whose family members have had a type of bleeding stroke are six times more likely to suffer the same fate than people without these risk factors, according to a new study. The stroke typ...
"Experts have been deployed to five regions closer to the DRC, which are Mbeya, Kagera, Rukwa, Kigoma and Mwanza," health ministry spokesperson Nsachris Mwamwaja told AFP.
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is being treated for a "hormone imbalance" but is staying on as the firms CEO. In a statement, Jobs said he had been suffering from ill health for a number...
Five Tanzanian health professionals recently traveled to Ethiopia to begin coursework on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of HIV/AIDS and other health programs at Jimma University in Oromia Regiona...
Being overweight or obese may increase the likelihood of having severe headaches and migraines, new study findings suggest. An increased prevalence of headache may be associated with being underweight...