CDC in Tanzania

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established an office in Tanzania in 2001 to support HIV/AIDS prevention, and expanded through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in 2003. CDC works with Tanzania to strengthen tuberculosis prevention efforts for people living with HIV; enhance laboratory, surveillance, and workforce capacity to respond to disease outbreaks through the Global Health Security Agenda; and implement interventions for malaria prevention and control under the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative.

What CDC is Doing in Tanzania
Provided antiretroviral therapy to 500,000 adults and children in 2018.
Decreased malaria prevalence among children under 5 years of age from 18% to 7% in a 10 year period through interventions under the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative.
Graduated more than 300 FELTP residents across the advanced, intermediate and frontline programs.
Supported international-standards accreditation for eight laboratories and enrollment of 76 laboratories in WHO’s Strengthening Laboratory Management Towards Accreditation program.
Trained nearly 70 laboratory scientists and technologists in microbiology and quality assurance.
- 16 U.S. Assignees
- 60 Locally Employed
- Population: 57,310,019
- Per capita income: $2,916
- Life expectancy at birth: F 67/M 64 years
- Infant mortality rate: 43/1,000 live births
Sources: World Bank 2018, Tanzania
Population Reference Bureau 2018, Tanzania
- Neonatal disorders
- Lower respiratory infections
- HIV/AIDS
- lschemic heart disease
- Tuberculosis
- Congenital defects
- Malaria
- Diarrheal diseases
- Stroke
- Diabetes
Source: GBD Compare 2018, Tanzania