Universal access to health and care services for NCDs by older men and women in Tanzania
Globally, developing countries are facing a double challenge – number of new infections of communicable diseases (CD) remains high, and at the same time the prevalence of no communicable diseases (NCDs) is rising fast.
Tanzania Health Sector Strategic Plan 2015-2020 recognises this epidemiological transition. The plan reinforces the government’s commitment to provision of quality HIV and AIDS programmes, prevention and control of malaria, and early detection and treatment of tuberculosis and leprosy. It also calls for health facilities to “step up the diagnostic and therapeutic capacities for NCDs”.
However, there is a risk that older men and women might not benefit from these efforts.
AARP and HelpAge International are looking for national experts to assess access to quality affordable health services and care in relation to NCDs by older people in Tanzania. Specifically to assess: