Syriacus Buguzi

Twitter: @buguzi

Goodluck and Happiness: the returns on Tanzania’s 25-year investment in immunisation

How two aptly named women – both among the first cohort of Tanzanian babies to have been vaccinated with Gavi support – are paying it forward.

23 Jun 2025

6 min read

Routine immunisation Maternal and child health

Credit: Studio Miko

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Dr Ntuli Kapologwe, Director of Preventive Services at the Tanzania Ministry of Health holds a poster about Marburg Virus Disease to educate the local community, flanked by Community Health Workers in Biharamulo District - the epicenter of the outbreak. Credit: Ministry of Health Tanzania

Tanzania tackles second Marburg outbreak with hard-won lessons

4 Mar 2025

6 min read

Ruzuna Abdurahim Mohammed, In-Charge of Advocacy in Maternal and Child Health at Kidongo Chekundu Mental Hospital in Zanzibar, demonstrates the tools she used during the project. Credit: Syriacu Buguzi

In Zanzibar schools, HPV jabs come as part of a teen health package

7 Oct 2024

7 min read

Spotlight on HPV HPV

Mr. Chuma Bakari, a Community Health Worker in Kinondoni Municipality in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania raising awareness about HPV vaccine among school children at Kambange Primary School in Dar es Salaam. Credit: Syriacus Buguzi

Tanzania’s 5-million-girls HPV vaccination campaign a “success”

31 May 2024

6 min read

HPV Vaccine campaigns

The World Health Organization staff interacting with a parent who had taken her son for vaccination in Babati, Tanzania. Credit: WHO Country Office-Tanzania

Tanzania’s “big catch-up” gains ground

1 May 2024

6 min read

Zero-dose children Routine immunisation

A lab technician works on a sample drawn from patient seeking treatment for reproductive health services at Maswa District Hospital. Credit: Syriacus Buguzi

Tanzania to tackle HIV, hepatitis, and STIs in unified approach

5 Mar 2024

4 min read

A resident of Kijangwani in Zanzibar fetches clean water from public taps for home use. Credit: Syriacus Buguzi

Zanzibar is on the path to eliminating cholera, researchers say

15 Nov 2023

5 min read

A community engagement event organised to educate communities on the importance of COVID-19 vaccination in Newala District, Mtwara Region of South Eastern Tanzania. Photo courtesy of Benjamin Mkapa Foundation/ Photographer: Ericky Boniface

How Tanzania leapfrogged into the lead on COVID-19 vaccination

5 Jul 2023

6 min read

COVID-19 Vaccine safety Vaccine campaigns

Amina Balama and her child

Tanzania’s polio vaccination drive registers success despite misinformation concerns

5 Jul 2022

4 min read

Two recently-vaccinated community members display their health cards. Credit: Syriacus Buguzi

Embracing the science of vaccines: Tanzania’s changing COVID-19 response

1 Jun 2022

4 min read

Vaccine safety COVID-19 Vaccine campaigns

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