Unfortunately we didn’t get to be in the room when world leaders pledged their commitments to the UN Secretary General’s Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health, but watching it by live feed from the bloggers’ lounge definitely gave it the feeling of a climactic moment to this week in New York. That was because [...]

With a stable government, and health a specific priority, Tanzania is almost certainly considered a ‘darling’ of foreign aid. Before the visit, I’d read about some of the country’s recent successes in improving its health indicators: rates of malaria and tuberculosis have all declined while immunisations and child survival have gone up. But despite the [...]