{"id":9335,"date":"2025-04-07T04:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T01:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/?p=9335"},"modified":"2025-04-07T04:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T01:14:10","slug":"irish-minister-visits-tanga-region-to-witness-community-health-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/irish-minister-visits-tanga-region-to-witness-community-health-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Minister Visits Tanga Region to Witness Community Health Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9335\" class=\"elementor elementor-9335\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4ba5d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e4ba5d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0a55aa\" data-id=\"d0a55aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9671fb7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_heading\" data-id=\"9671fb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ova_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-heading\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-title \">The Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland, Hon. Neale Richmond, T.D., recently visited Tanga Region to engage directly with key health stakeholders, including Community Health Workers (CHWs) and youth beneficiaries.\nThis high-level visit reflects the strong and ongoing collaboration between the Government of Ireland (Irish Aid), the Benjamin William Mkapa Foundation (BMF), and the Ministry of Health in advancing equitable healthcare services across Tanzania.\nThanks to this impactful partnership, a total of 668 Community Health Workers (CHWs) have been trained and equipped with essential working tools across targeted regions. These CHWs play a vital role in bringing health services closer to the community, especially in underserved and remote areas.\nSince 2018, this investment has contributed to remarkable improvements in health indicators, including                                                                                                                                               \n-\tA 16% increase in health facility deliveries and \n-\tA 50% increase in antenatal care (ANC) 4+ visits.\nHon. Neale Richmond commended the CHWs and local health teams for their dedication and emphasized Ireland\u2019s continued commitment to strengthening Tanzania\u2019s health system, particularly at the community level, where access remains challenging.\n\u201cWe are proud to support this meaningful work. What\u2019s happening here is more than numbers; it\u2019s about lives improved and saved,\u201d he remarked during his visit.\nAs BMF continues to collaborate with local and international partners, this visit reinforces the shared mission of achieving health for all and leaving no one behind.\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf290f7\" data-id=\"bf290f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45950ec elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45950ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" 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This high-level visit reflects the strong and ongoing collaboration between the Government of Ireland (Irish Aid), the Benjamin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bmf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9335"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9367,"href":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335\/revisions\/9367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkapafoundation.or.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}