Articles

Learn about the new approach that is moving the country closer to ending local transmission of the preventable disease.

As health systems around the world reeled from COVID-19—struggling under the strain of new patients and the challenges of mass vaccination campaigns—Tanzania’s Capacity Building Consortium (CBC) saw an opportunity. Social distancing requirements presented the chance to launch and build momentum for eLearning platforms.

Johanes N. Rwenyagira remembers what it used to be like to conduct supervisory visits in his region of Morogoro. As the country’s second largest region, located in Eastern Tanzania, supervisory visits were a necessary part of assessing the performance and current health trends of the area. But the fragmented, paper-based process was riddled with challenges.

COVID-19 brought on the worst decline in childhood vaccination rates in 30 years, underscoring the need for increased investment in health systems.