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Diseases such as AIDS, Malaria and TB are a major cause of death in Tanzania.
Besides the catastrophic human toll, the economic effects are staggering.
Empower Tanzania is working with the Tanzanian health care system to improve health care and prevent disease. This is essential to our strategy in Tanzania.
Current Focus Areas in Health
- Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS relief (PEPFAR)
- Health Center Collaboration
- Water and Sanitation
- Primary Health Care
- Nutrition
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President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
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 Phil Latessa, President of the ETI Board of Directors, is serving as US Coordinator for a federally-funded healthcare project in Tanzania. The project has trained 200 healthcare providers so far in the concepts of Palliative Care, care for terminally ill patients, and for people living with HIV/AIDS. In its second year, six villages were identified to serve as pilot sites in which community volunteers would be trained to deliver this care in the homes of these terminally ill people. Hundreds of these patients and their families will receive this care, designed to help people “die a good death” and their families to adjust to this loss.
More about our PEPFAR program...
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 In the Masai village of Ndaruru, Tanzania, too many women die in childbirth. Tanzania’s maternal mortality rate is 10 times that of the United States, and in a rural area among a minority people it is even worse.
About 2,000 people live in Ndaruru, which is 15 miles from a road and has no electricity. The people have no connection to the health system and all births occur at home. If there is a complication, they start walking or riding a bicycle to the nearest town which is 20 miles away. Most of the time, they die on the way.
More about Safe Motherhood...
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 This is Miriam and her healthy baby. Many of Miriam’s friends were not so lucky—they died in childbirth. They belong to the Maasai tribe that lives in the village of Nadaruru, about 20 miles from the nearest health facility—and when there is a problem with a birth, they start walking to town. Often, they don’t make it.
Read more about Saving Moms and Babies...
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Health Center Collaboration
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 Mwanga Parish of the ELCT (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania) and Peace Lutheran Church, Pella, Iowa, of the ELCA have been cooperating for three years in providing AIDS testing services, diapers for new babies, mosquito netting for small children, and diet supplements for babies and AIDS patients. They also provide some over the counter medications, such as antibacterial cream, Tylenol and aspirin, to needy patients.
More about the Mwanga Health Center collaboration...
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