Tanzania

Date established 1989
Contact details Marie Stopes Tanzania
Plot No. 421/422
Mwenge / Kijitonyama
P.O. Box 7072
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania

Telephone: + 255 22 277 4991 / 4992
Email: info@mst.or.tz
Services offered Family planning; health screening; HIV/STIs; male circumcision; maternal health; post abortion care; primary healthcare; social marketing; young people
Number of clinics 21
Outreach / mobile services Yes
Social marketing products & brands

Condoms: Raha Scented; Lifeguard

Pregnancy test: Jibu Hakika Pregnancy Test Strips

Major partners

The Ministry of Health & Social Welfare; Local Government Authorities; German Foundation for World Population (DSW); Family Health International; Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GTZ); Pathfinder International; PSW; T-MARC; UNFPA; Vodacom Tanzania

Major donors Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); UK Department for International Development (DFID); European Community; the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Direct Relief International; The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

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Highlights 

  • Marie Stopes Tanzania now meets 18% of all contraception use in the country
  • opened 3 new clinics in 2007 bringing the total to 21 clinics and 742
  • outreach sites – Marie Stopes Tanzania now has a presence in 46 districts
  • became a leading provider of sexual and reproductive health services in Tanzania alongside the government facilities
  • became a major partner with the government to reach rural communities with sexual and reproductive information and services

Future plans 

  • increase the number of districts working in from 46 to 71 by 2009
  • expand the clinic network to 31 clinics by the same year
  • integrate youth-friendly HIV services with outreach & mobile services, and with STI and VCT services

 

Key statistics for Tanzania

Source: UNFPA State of world population 2007
Total population (millions) (2007) 39.7
Average population growth rate (%) (2005 - 2010) 1.8
Projected population (millions) (2050) 66.8
Life expectancy (M / F) 46.1 / 46.6
Total fertility rate (2007) 4.51
% contraceptive prevalence: any method 26
% contraceptive prevalence: modern methods 20
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 98
% births with skills attendants 46
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) 1,500
Infant mortality total per 1,000 live births 104
Under 5 mortality (M / F) 169 / 153
HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-49) M / F 5.8 / 7.1
Health expenditure public (% of GNP) 2.4
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