Overview
TPHA is a unifying and powerful voice for the public's health and well being in of people in Tanzania, focusing on the need to eliminate inequalities in health, promote sustainable development and combat anti-health forces.The Tanzania Public Health Association - known by the initials TPHA - is an independent voluntary organisation,that is working to unleash health movement in the Tanzania.
Background
Tanzania Public health Association
(TPHA) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 1980
with the goal of promoting health and preventing disease in Tanzania
through sound public health practices.
The association draws its
membership from all over Tanzania and is open to non-Tanzanians residing
within and outside the country. The Association's membership is
broad-based and multi-disciplinary. It includes medical and public
health personnel, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, health officers,
nutritionists, medical sociologists, behavioral scientists, economists,
educationists and many others who are interested in public health and in
the solution of health related problems
Over the past 25 years TPHA has
made significant contribution in the field of public health in
Tanzania.The main activities of the Association have been advocacy and
sensitisation for public health goods, providing consultancy services,
capacity building,regular convening of its Annual Scientific Conferences
and organizing of periodic public health seminars. These activities
implemented by members in teams or individually, cover the whole
country. In regions where there are more than 50 members local
chapters/branches have been formed to promote local initiatives.
TPHA Vision
The vision of TPHA is to be a
broad-based, solid and well respected Association, one which is
financially sustainable and capable of addressing major public health
problems in Tanzania.
The Mission
The mission of the Association,
therefore, is “to contribute significantly to the improvement of the
health status of the Tanzanian population, through promotion of good
public health practices”.
The association draws its
membership from all over Tanzania and is open to non-Tanzanians residing
within and outside the country. The Association’s membership is
broad-based and multi-disciplinary. It includes medical and public
health personnel, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, health officers,
nutritionists, medical sociologists, behavioral scientists, economists,
educationists and many others who are interested in public health and in
the solution of health related problems.
TPHA Objectives and values
TPHA objectives and values are:
- Providing a forum for persons working, trained or interested in public health related activities for exchange of knowledge and information.
- Addressing health related issues or concerns affecting the community, and to disseminate information related to public health.
- Facilitating the development and dissemination of culturally relevant health promotion information to vulnerable groups and/or communities.
- Promoting Research in Public Health related problems.
- Influencing Public Health Policy in Tanzania.
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