EVENTS

Driving Accountability: TMEPiD under UNFPA Support, Engage Parliamentarians to Strengthen Domestic Funding for Family Planning

In 2021, Tanzania launched its FP 2030 Commitments. The commitments are aligned into four objectives i.e. 1) Adolescent Health; 2) Addressing Gender and Social norms that hinder access to and utilization of FP services; 3) Increasing use of modern contraception and 4) Domestic funding for FP. In responding and contributing to the objective 4. each year, TMEPiD, with support from UNFPA, conducts high-level advocacy meetings with selected Members of Parliament from both Mainland and Zanzibar. These include members from the Tanzania Parliamentary Association on Population and Development (TPAPD),  representatives from the Parliamentary Budget Committee and the Parliamentary Social Services Committee.  These strategic engagements aim to strengthen parliamentary support for increased domestic funding for Reproductive Health (RH) and Family Planning (FP), including follow-up on the implementation of the Compact Agreement. These meetings provide a timely platform to update Parliamentarians on the status of domestic financing for FP, as well as progress in implementing the FP Compact Agreement—signed by the Ministers of Health and Finance in both Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, with a commitment lasting through 2027.

ADVOCACY CONSULTATION WITH THE CHMT CONDUCTED IN TEMEKE MC

June 27, 2022

The DMO for Temeke Municipal Council in Dar es Salaam, Dr. Irene Haule gave directives to DRCHCO and DAC to consider youth champions from the SYP programme to be part of HFG Committee to ensure their agenda is reflected in the upcoming pre-planning meeting of CCHP.

GIVING DIRECTIVES TO THE FACILITY IN CHARGES AT DODOMA

June 16, 2022

RRCHCO in Dodoma Ms. Nancy on behalf of RMO provide the directives to the facility in charge at Chamwino and Kongwa to have a plan of provide Youth-friendly services to youth during weekends and to ensure young people are involved in FHG committee and reflect their issues in the plan for 2023/2024.

GIVING DIRECTIVES TO THE FACILITY IN CHARGES AT DODOMA

June 16, 2022

RRCHCO in Dodoma Ms. Nancy on behalf of RMO provide the directives to the facility in charge at Chamwino and Kongwa to have a plan of provide Youth-friendly services to youth during weekends and to ensure young people are involved in FHG committee and reflect their issues in the plan for 2023/2024.

TMEPID ORGANISES REGIONAL DIALOGUES FOR YOUTHS AND DECISION-MAKERS

June, 2022

To bridge the gap between youth and decision makers, TMEPiD held an Advocacy dialogues in three regions of Dodoma, Dar es Salaam, and Zanzibar in June 2022. The advocacy dialogue was conducted with the aim of bringing together capacitated youth and their decision makers so that the youth may present their advocacy asks to the decision makers at regional and district levels and get their commitments to work on their SRHR concerns.

TMEPID ORGANISES REGIONAL DIALOGUES FOR YOUTHS AND DECISION-MAKERS

June, 2022

To bridge the gap between youth and decision makers, TMEPiD held an Advocacy dialogues in three regions of Dodoma, Dar es Salaam, and Zanzibar in June 2022. The advocacy dialogue was conducted with the aim of bringing together capacitated youth and their decision makers so that the youth may present their advocacy asks to the decision makers at regional and district levels and get their commitments to work on their SRHR concerns.

TMEPiD FACILITATES FP/RH CONTINGENCY PLAN DEVELOPMENT

June, 2022.

The Department of RCHS in the MoH led the development of a Contingency plan for FP/RH during a workshop held in Morogoro June 2022. The workshop, that was facilitated by TMEPiD, was aimed at drafting the Contingency plan that is vital for FP/RH intervention measures when it comes to emergencies concerning humanitarian settings in the country.

TMEPID PARTNER WITH YOUTH-LED ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUTH SRHR ISSUES

June, 2022

TMEPiD conducted advocacy meeting with leaders of youth-led organization in Kibaha June 2022. The meeting that was attended by leaders of different youth organisations from Dar es salaam, was aimed at sharing with them the SYP programme and review advocacy plans developed by youth champions.

YOUTH CHAMPIONS TRAINED ON SMART ADVOCACY

May, 2022

TMEPiD recently conducted SMART advocacy training for leaders of youth organisations in Morogoro. Participants of the training that was held in may 2022, comprised youth champions from selected project site (Dodoma, Zanzibar and Dar Es Salaam). The aim of the training was to introduce Safeguard Young People (SYP) programme as well as training them SMART advocacy approach in developing their advocacy issues.

TMEPID EMBARKS ON ADVOCACY FOR SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY ON CONTRACEPTIVES

March 03, 2018

Family Planning constitutes a core preventive intervention that has the potential to improve maternal, infant, and child health through spacing births, therefore averting unplanned pregnancies and preventable birth-related complications.

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EMPOWERING YOUTH TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR SRH RIGHTS

March 03, 2018

Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRH&R) including Family Planning (FP) information and services amongst adolescents and youth in Tanzania is a growing challenge. Teenage pregnancies in the country have become a growing SRHR challenging.

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TMEPID SENSITIZE COUNCILLORS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD START PROJECT

January 03, 2017

TMEPiD team recently visited Singida Municipality and Iramba districts where they organised a 3-day meeting to sensitise councillors from the Council Social Service Committee (CSSC) on Good Start Project. The aim of the event was to make sure that Councillors fully understand the project and make sure.