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Internal Medicine, East Africa

Tanzania

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National Non-Communicable Diseases Conferences- A Platform To Inform Policies And Practices In Tanzania, Davis E. Amani, Harrieth P. Ndumwa, Jackline E. Ngowi, Belinda J. Njiro, Castory Munishi, Erick A. Mboya, Doreen Mloka, Amani I. Kikula, Emmanuel Balandya, Paschal Ruggajo Mar 2024

National Non-Communicable Diseases Conferences- A Platform To Inform Policies And Practices In Tanzania, Davis E. Amani, Harrieth P. Ndumwa, Jackline E. Ngowi, Belinda J. Njiro, Castory Munishi, Erick A. Mboya, Doreen Mloka, Amani I. Kikula, Emmanuel Balandya, Paschal Ruggajo

Internal Medicine, East Africa

Background:

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) arise from diverse risk factors with differences in the contexts and variabilities in regions and countries. Addressing such a complex challenge requires local evidence. Tanzania has been convening stakeholders every year to disseminate and discuss scientific evidence, policies, and implementation gaps, to inform policy makers in NCDs responses. This paper documents these dissemination efforts and how they have influenced NCDs response and landscape in Tanzania and the region.

Methods:

Desk review was conducted through available MOH and conference organizers’ documents. It had both quantitative and qualitative data. The review included reports of the four NCDs conferences, …