TANZANIA PARLIAMENTARIANS AGAINST
MALARIA & NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES
(TAPAMA)
The Member of Parliaments of Tanzania are responding to March 2007, the 60th World Health Assembly (WHA) African governments Leaders (include Tanzania) and other International leaders commit themselves to the rolling back malaria and meeting the United Nations malaria-related Millennium Development Goals, with emphasise on greater involvement of the leader in the fight against Malaria and scale up community involvement in the Campaign to fight Malaria in Tanzania
Background.
In 2006 Malaria Consortium
International Organisation based in UK in Collaboration with ORES Tanzania
(National NGO based in Tanzania) realize that, The Greater involvement of Policy
makers in the campaign against Malaria
in Tanzania (RBM) shall scale up the implementation of the National Policy to
fight Malaria in Tanzania. As the result of that advocacy campaign to
the Policy makers came the formation of Coalition (Alliances) of members of
Parliament against Malaria –TAPAMA then was found in January 2007.
TAPAMA understand that malaria
has remained one of the oldest diseases leading killer diseases in our Country, More than 93% percent of the population is at risk for malaria. The statistics show that the
population in Tanzania is 40 million people, all of whom live at risk of
malaria, for at least part of the year. This makes Tanzania to be the third
largest population at risk of malaria in the world with reported increase of malaria cases and under-5 mortality rate
of 165/1000. The disease is responsible for more than one-third
(33%) of deaths among children under age five and for up to one-fifth (20%) of
deaths among pregnant women. In 2006 about 56% percent of hospital admissions
in country were under-five children was due to Malaria. Up to 80% percent of
Tanzania’s malaria deaths occur among these Children.
Vision: Tanzania without Malaria and become giant resource for Policymakers on Malaria intervention Strategies in Africa.
Mission: To scale up Malaria Prevention intervention and Treatment in order to reduce the mortality and morbidity rate of Death caused by Malaria in Tanzania and relief the sufferings of disease among the most Vulnerable groups in our Country.
- Lobbying and advocacy for Policy implementation in combating Malaria by mobilizing influence of Community leaders and decision makers (Parliamentarians) to scale up policy implementation and resources commitment on Fight Malaria and other neglected Tropical Diseases.
- To Enhance Malaria prevention strategies among the most affected communities and group people and Country as whole.
- Advocacy access to effective and sustainable prophylaxis and Treatment.
- Scaling up availability of free Treated Mosquito net and Treatment to the most vulnerable group namely, the pregnant women and children under five years old.
- Greater involvement of Community in Malaria Intervention by community mobilization and dissemination of information on Malaria and other Neglected Tropical Disease.
- To conduct operational Research on Malaria and Vector Control and develop policy agenda to the MP Assembly.
- Capacity building to the MP and other partners and information sharing on control, prevention and Treatment.
- Resource mobilization (Financial resources and human Resources) to support Member of Parliaments who are willing to work with their communities in their constituents to implement national Ant malaria and Prevention policy.
- Enhance Community Behaviors Communication and
education on malaria Control and prevention Intervention to the
Member of Parliaments, other policymakers and community as whole.
Hon Riziki Lulida (MP)
Chairperson
Hon. Fuya Kimbita (MP) (out going)
Secretary General
Hon. Mtutura A. Mtutura (MP)
Treasurer General
Hon. Zabein M. Mhita (MP)………………………………..Member
Hon. Ania S. Chaurembo (MP) …………………………...Member
Hon. Ramadhan A. Maneno (MP) …………………………Member
Hon. Gosbert Blandes (MP) ………………………………..Member
Hon. Idd M Azzan (MP) ……………………………………Member
Hon. Benson M. Mpesya (MP) ……………………………..Member
Hon. Mossy S. Musa (MP) ………………………..………..Member
Hon. Magreth Mkanga (MP) ………………………………..Member
Hon. Alyshymaa Kwegyr.........................................................Member
ORES
Tanzania, Malaria Consortium (UK), Ministry of Health Tanzania-National Malaria
Control Program (NMCP), Malaria No More (USA), Care of the Needy (COTN),
Tanzania.
Contacts
Secretary
General
Tanzania
Parliamentarians Against Malaria
Ocean Road, NIMR bldg, 2nd floor, Room No 11,
P.O. BOX 31232, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
www.tapama.or.tz (still under Construction)