News & Stories
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Jamii ni Afya
Introducing Jamii ni Afya: Zanzibar’s national digital health program for Universal Health Coverage
This month, the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar’s Ministry of Health (MOH), together with the local government authority, launched
Taylor Craig | Feb 19, 2020 | 8 min
Jamii ni Afya
Support, counselling, and follow-up: Leveraging digital tools to encourage new health behaviors
I was born and raised in Pemba, the second largest island in the Zanzibar archipelago off the coast of Tanzania. Growing up in Pemba, I witnessed...
Salum Mbaruok | Feb 20, 2019 | 5 min
Jamii ni Afya
Community Health Toolkit Selected to Support Zanzibar’s National Community Health Volunteer Program
As announced in June 2018, D-tree International is thrilled to have received support from the Fondation Botnar and Human Development Innovation...
Rachel Hofmann | Dec 20, 2018 | 4 min
Jamii ni Afya
Community Health Volunteers, Digital Health, and a path towards Safer Deliveries: Bi Jokha’s Story
Bi Jokha is one of 400 Community Health Volunteers working in Zanzibar with D-tree’s Safer Deliveries Program. Safer Deliveries leverages mobile...
Samira Said | Oct 09, 2018 | 6 min
Jamii ni Afya
D-tree awarded $6M to support Zanzibar Ministry of Health in national scale-up of digital system
Sabrina Ally Mohammed is a mother of four living in a rural village in Zanzibar. She delivered her first three children at home, without the...
Erica Layer | Jun 15, 2018 | 4 min
Jamii ni Afya
“The Imam Engagement Initiative”-Community Engagement for Safer Deliveries through Religious Leaders
We work with Imams—Muslim religious leaders—to educate Zanzibari men on reproductive health and improve community engagement in our Safer Deliveries...
Salum Mbaruok | May 23, 2018 | 4 min
