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WB hails Tanzania over HIV/Aids, poverty reduction drives
2006-03-04 10:06:19
By Guardian Reporter
Tanzania has been hailed as a success story in the harmonisation of HIV/Aids and poverty reduction strategy in sub-Saharan Africa.
The accolades were given by the World Bank Institute (WBI), during a video conference on Institutional Arrangements for Harmonisation and Alignment of aid for HIV/Aids with Poverty Reduction for African countries hosted from Washington DC, U.S.
In Tanzania the conference was viewed at the Institute of Finance Management (IFM)’s Global Development Learning Center in Dar es Salaam.
Dr. Joseph Annan, of UNDP, speaking from WBI, in Washington DC, commended the nation for the role played by Tanzania Commission for AIDS, TACAIDS, in the management of donor funds for poverty eradication strategies.
He was in praise of the arrangement where all the aid money is consolidated in one account and disbursed to TACAIDS for distribution to various projects through CBO’s and NGO’s.
Dr. Annan said the Tanzanian strategy was worth emulating by other African States.
He was emphatic that it was the high time other countries on the continent followed the Tanzanian way in dealing with funds from various donors meant to fight the kill scourge.
The move came after the presentation made by the Director of Policy and Planning of Tanzania Commission for Aids (TACAIDS), Dr. Joseph Temba.
Temba said the Tanzanian success story could only be attributed to political goodwill, and Tanzania National Aids Policy that give the guidance on the country’s mission and vision on the HIV/Aids pandemic.
Rwanda was also singled out as a country on the right track. In its presentation, made by the Executive Secretary of Rwanda Aids Commission (CNLS), Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, the country is also said to be pooling together all the resources before disbursement to implementing organisations at the grassroots level.
When commenting on Tanzania’s success, Jeline Fuko and Aisha Sinda, both from the University of Dar es Salaam, said that the success at the institutional level is just the beginning.
The dons, noted that, the actual success ought to be the ultimate prevention of the spread and reduction of infection rate to a single digit as was the case in Uganda, which managed to roll back the spread of AIDS.
The Video Conference was moderated by Gift Manase of the World Bank Institute in Washington DC, and was attended by Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda.
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