The government has come up with a strategy of
introducing a mobile medical van which will help sensitize women on the issues
related with maternal health and child care, the Health Minister has said last
week in Parliament today. The government’s move follows the reluctance which is
being shown by some women especially those living in rural areas, despite of
their remote location the government has been trying to sensitize them but never
turn up to attend specialized meetings prepared for them. The Minister for
Health and Community Development, Elderly, Children and disabled Ummy Mwalimu
said that, after the government had realized such a slacking move has developed
among women in the local communities, the government is planning for a new
mechanism and introduce a mobile van which will be moving around to sensitize
women wherever they are.
Ummy Mwalimu
The Minister was responding a supplementary question
which was raised by Nyamagana legislator Stanslaus Mabula (CCM) who wanted to
know strategies laid down by the government in order to make sure that problems
related with maternal and child mortality rates ends in his constituency. In
responding to this question, Minister Ummy Mwalimu said that women residing in
rural areas and those in urban centers are quite reluctant to attend to
specialized hospitals for sensitization on programs for their maternal health
and if they do, then they spend fewer hours. He also noted that, as men have
now started to talk about the matter is really an indication that the situation
is worse and not so conducive and that it really need great help from the eyes
of the general public.
Stanslaus Mabula
In order to curb the escalating challenges which prevail,
the government has decided to come up with such a strategic means of mobilizing
the maternal health services by transferring such services to the local
communities on mobile vans. The Minister added that, there will be a special
mobile van which will be specially assigned to go to far flung areas where
women are and deliver the intended services to them. The minister disclosed
that, if the government will not take appropriate measures, then there is
danger of being overwhelmed and cited the statistics which proves that by 2030
it is estimated that, Tanzanian population would be pegged at 70 million
people and might be risen up to 100
people by 2050.
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