Features Governance, Equity, and Health The Governance, Equity, and Health (GEH) Program Initiative works toward the goal of an equitable, fair, and just provision of public services in developing countries. TEHIP News A newsletter of the IDRC/MOH Tanzania Essential Health Intervention Project TEHIP News No. 6 (January 2003) TEHIP News No. 8 (December 2003) The lessons: overview (slide show) In_Focus: FIXING HEALTH SYSTEMS Don de Savigny, Harun Kasale, Conrad Mbuya, and Graham Reid FIXING HEALTH SYSTEMS / Executive Summary The Honourable Anna Abdallah on Diseases Without Borders: An Economic Struggle? Speech given by the Honourable Anna Abdallah, Minister of Health for Tanzania, at the Conference of Montréal's CIDA / IDRC International Forum Diseases Without Borders: An Economic Struggle?, on May 8, 2003.

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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to Invest CA $7 Million in IDRC Project 2005-11
IDRC welcomes the announcement that CIDA will invest CA $7 million over three years to build on the results of the Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project (TEHIP).

Commission for Africa releases its final report, mentions an IDRC project 2005-03
On the occasion of the release of the Commission for Africa's final report, IDRC highlights some of its activities in the continent.

Turning health research into action 2005-01-26
"The difficulty in translating knowledge gained by health research into actual practices in communities and into government policies is stymieing efforts to achieve healthy populations in developing countries . "  Debra Anthony reports from the November 2004 Global Forum for Health Research in Mexico City.

Canadian project halves Tanzania's child deaths - TEHIP graces front page of the Globe and Mail 2005-01-24

From Evidence to Action — Bridging Gaps in East Africa 2004-12-17
Senior health experts from Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya agreed to set up a new Eastern African regional centre to translate health research into government action at a meeting in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, December 8. The new centre should help decode sometimes-arcane research results and translate them into formats that policymakers can use to make informed choices.

“We want to close the gap between research and the policies we create,” said the Permanent Secretary of Tanzania’s Ministry of Health, Mariam J. Mwaffisi. “We are going to think big, start small, and act now.”

TEHIP in the News - SciDev.net: "Health systems: orphan of research" 2004-11-18

bmj.com Highlights the Success of TEHIP 2004-11-13
On November 13^th, the online health journal bmj.com gave favourable coverage of IDRC's latest IN_FOCUS publication Fixing Health Systems.

CBC Radio Airs TEHIP Commentary 2004-11-08

Child Mortality Rates Decrease Dramatically in Tanzania 2004-10-25

Infant mortality rates drop again 2004-04-28

The latest statistics show that the mortality of children under the age of five has dropped by 43% in Morogoro District between 1997 and 2003 and by 46% in Rufiji District between 2000 and 2003.  These impressive gains come in the two districts where TEHIP has helped to improve local health care planning.

Making Plans for Success — The Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project 2003-10-30
Fewer children are dying in Morogoro District in Tanzania  — the result of significant improvements in local health care. Morogoro is one of two districts that are the testing ground for the Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project (TEHIP). This research and development partnership between the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Tanzania Ministry of Health has been piloting innovations in health planning, priority setting, and resource allocation. As the successful project comes to an end, the Tanzanian government is now taking steps to apply TEHIP’s lessons to the rest of the country.