| Abstract |
The National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), with technical assistance from WHO implemented the 2008-2009
District Health Assessment (DHA) for United Republic of Tanzania. The DHA included a facility census, household survey and a records review. The facility census was conducted in the 15 districts to capture basic information on the availability and readiness of health services. This included an inventory of basic infrastructure and amenities, basic equipment, human resources and training, guidelines, infection control, medicines and commodities, and laboratory diagnostic capacity. The household survey was designed to provide information in the 15 districts on intervention coverage and risk factors, as well as health expenditures to inform the National Health Accounts (NHA) exercise. It covered 625 households. The records review was conducted to collect information related to the burden of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria as reflected in in-patient diagnoses (hospital admissions), frequency of blood transfusion (malaria), and birth weight (malaria) in 2-3 health facilities.
This report summarizes the main findings and is supported by a full report with a more extensive description of the methods results, and survey instruments.
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