Anna Bergström

@AHRI_ETH is pleased by #BubbleCPAP technology w/c showed effectiveness in treating #hypoxemia among children aged 1-59 months. "... Let us scale it up to #SaveLives, #ReduceChildMortality, & #EnsureAccessToCare ...". HE Dr @MekdesDaba, Minister of @FMoHealth #Innovation R&D

Tanzania set to practice implementation research into health sector President Office Regional Administration and Local Government incolaboratiok with Ministry of health is bridging efforts with key development partners in the health sector to accomplish a series of strategies meant to allow use of implementation research in the country’s health sector. Implementation research engages a wide range of interventions in a health system, and for the purposes to provide variety of policies, programmes, as well as individual practices and services intended to improve people's health. The meaningful development which is receiving major support from the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), as well as others, gears to enable Tanzania to elevate the health delivery system to the level of universal health coverage (UHC). Among the ongoing strategies which are currently at ministerial levels, include capacity building, setting up of supportive infrastructures, and sourcing of needed funds to help practical adoption of the useful kind of research. The development was unveiled yesterday here by Chipole Mpelembe, the Health System Specialist from the Prime Minister’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government). She was speaking during her presentation during the second day of the International Primary Health Care Conference (IPHC) 2024 which is convening in Dodoma Capital City. In her attributions to the key topic presented under the title of 'Beyond Business as Usual', Ms Mpelembe unveiled that a number of initiatives are currently being conducted to help curving a sucess road map to translate implementation research into reality. She observed that adoption of the useful research was projected to play major role to help solving various setbacks that haunting the health sector in the country, especially in the primary health care. "As the government works to achieve universal health coverage through improving primary healthcare system, practicing implementation research becomes vital, " she insisted. Dr Ulrika Baker, the Health Manager for Primary Healthcare at UNICEF who led the presentation, in her brief remarks said the International organizations was keen to support Tanzania to fully practicing implementation research into the health system. Adding his voice to the presentation topic, Dr. Kasusu Klint from Muhimbili University (MUHAS) emphasises over the need for effective initiative over dissemination of needed knowledge on implementation research. He observed, implementation research was a vital vehicle to enable the country triumphing in the quest to attain universal health coverage. "As we’re heading about to practically adopt use of implementation research in our health systems, serious investment must be done in the side of relevant knowledge among the health practitioners, infrastructures as well as sustainable financing, " he expressed. James Kengia, coordinator for research and publication from the Prime Minister’s Office (RALG) in his observation, unveiled that execution of implementation research would play giant role in bringing existing gape between research and practice in the country health sector. He underscored over the need for collaborative support from more development partners in supporting the government to effect implementation research in the health sector. "After the ministerial level, the knowledge and skills over implementation research will be imparted to health workers at the regional to district levels, the major initiative which calls for enough financial resources, " he unveiled. And in her key presentation, Dr Anna Bergstrom, a health consultant from UNICEF said to attain universal health coverage, the local health workers must be equipped with sounding knowledge pertaining to areas of their expertise. "The health workers must deliver services @UNICEFTanzania @muhimbiliuniver