NBS NEWS LETTER

ISSUE NO: 16

DATE: AUGUST, 2016

SDGs 2030: END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS

EVERYWHERE

Issue NO: 16

Date: AUGUST, 2016

Tanzania to work with partners in meeting SDGs targets

Statistical stakeholders and other guests listening the speech of guest of honor (not in picture) during
the workshop of Data Roadmap of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which was held in Dar
es Salaam in August, 2016.

THE Government of Tanzania

has said it will meet the targeted
Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) by collaborating with its
development partners.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam when
opening the Data Roadmap of
the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDG) workshop, the
Permanent Secretary of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
East African Cooperation, Dr.
Aziz Mlima, said Tanzania has
started implementing SDGs--

and it was sure to achieve the

identified targets through its
collaboration
with
its
development partners including
organizations, departments and
agencies.
Through the National Bureau
of Statistics (NBS), which is
mandated to gather data for
both planning and monitoring
of SDGs at the national and
sub-national
levels,
the
Government is committed to
working tirelessly with all--

partners to ensure by year

2030 no Tanzanian would be
left out as per SDGs slogan
of leave no one behind,
said Dr. Mlima.
He said having reliable and
timely data was crucial for
planning and monitoring of
the implementation of these
goals and the road map would
help to answer developmental
questions as the country
implements the ambitious
SDGs on an annual basis.

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Dr. Mlima said the Government
was working towards making its
processes and data more open to
the public as part of the Open
Government Partnership (OGP),
led by State House Good
Governance Coordination Unit,
and the Open Data Initiative is
implemented by the Ministry of
Finance and Planning, of which
NBS is the secretariat.
The PS added that, it was the
intention of the Government to
monitor SDGs indicators both at
the national and sub-national
levels, and to determine the
capacities and resources the
country has and the gaps for which
it would need external support.

Date: AUGUST, 2016

He insisted further: as we go
forward with the post 2015
agenda, we can overcome the
pitfalls that we already are
aware of from past experience
and we can achieve success in
all areas we have committed
ourselves to without leaving
others behind.
Welcoming the guest of honour,
the Director General of NBS,
Dr. Albina Chuwa, said the
Statistics authority will make
sure that all the required data
regarding implementation of
SDGs was made available.
Dr. Chuwa said the availability
of open data in the country will-

enable public access to

government data in a friendly
and usable manner that allows
the use and re-use of data for
socio-economic development.

as we go forward with
the post 2015 agenda,
we can overcome the
pitfalls that we already
are aware of from past
experience and we can
achieve success in all
areas
we
have
committed ourselves to
without leaving others
behind.
NBS Director
General,
Dr.
Albina Chuwa
delivering her
speech during
workshop of
Statistical
stakeholders
who attended
the meeting of
Data Roadmap
of
the
Sustainable
Development
Goals (SDGs).
The workshop
was held in
Dar es Salaam
in
August,
2016.

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Date: AUGUST, 2016

74 percent of Tanzanian children live in poverty

Statistical stakeholders and Statisticians, following the speech of guest of honor (not in picture)
during the launch of the report of Child Poverty in Tanzania of 2016 in Dar es Salaam recently.

CHILD Poverty Report of

2016 reveals that 74 percent of
Tanzanias children live in
poverty, a situation that
threatens sustainable economic
growth.
Speaking at the launch of the
report, the Deputy Minister of
Finance and Planning, Dr.
Ashatu Kijaji, said among 25.3
million Tanzanian children, 29
percent are living in poverty.
The Child Poverty Report
2016 we are launching today
shows that most of our --

children live in deplorable

situations. This is a big
obstacle because once your
people are caught in poverty,
you wont achieve much in
terms of development, said
Dr. Kijaji.
Dr.
Kijaji
said
the
government through the
Ministry of Finance and
Planning has already started
to tackle the challenge of
child poverty by spending
Tshs. 18 billion every month
to support issues pertaining to
child development including-

education.
She added that, the
European Union (EU) also
has started supporting
Tanzania with Tshs. 25
billion for the purpose of
cutting child poverty
through
a
five-year
programme.
For his part, and on behalf
of the EU in Tanzania, Mr.
Eric Beaume said that the
report shows 3 out of 4
children countrywide were
affected bymulti--

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dimensional poverty while 26
percent (1 in 4) children
experience
both
multidimensional and monetary
poverty.
Mr. Beaume said children were
the most vulnerable and should
be a priority for social sector
responses in line with the
Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) agenda of leaving no
one behind.
For her part, the Director
General of the National Bureau
of Statistics (NBS), Dr. Albina
Chuwa said if the country fails
to eliminate child poverty, the
consequences can be irreversible
and opportunities lost during
childhood often cannot be
regained later in life.

Date: AUGUST, 2016

their basic rights were met.

If the country
fails to eliminate
child poverty, the
consequences can
be irreversible and
opportunities lost
during childhood
often cannot be
regained later in
life.

The Child Poverty

Report 2016 we are
launching
today
shows that most of
our children live in
deplorable situations.
This is a big obstacle
because once your
people are caught in
poverty, you wont
achieve much in
terms
of
development, said
Dr. Kijaji.

Dr. Chuwa said the vibrant

productive workforce that
Tanzanias Vision 2025 requires
are todays children and young
people. Investing in children and
young people now rather than
later is not a burden but an
investment in the future.
She added that in making this
investment, it is important to
ensure that no child is left
behind and all must redouble
efforts to reach out to the most
vulnerable children and ensure--

Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Ashatu Kijaji

delivering her speech during the launch of the report of Child
Poverty in Tanzania of 2016 in Dar es Salaam recently.

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Date: AUGUST, 2016

NBS trains interviews ahead of 2016THIS survey

THE National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS) has trained
doctors and nurses as
interviews
for
2016
Tanzania HIV Impact
Survey (THIS) scheduled to
run from this September
and expected to last for
eight months.
The training was carried out
in Dodoma at the Benjamin
Mkapa
Ultra-modern
Hospital located within the
University of Dodoma
about 22 kilometers from
Dodoma town.
Training involved data
collection using modern
technology (tablets) which
would be installed with
special software for the
survey and make it possible
to upload the GPS locations
of households that would
feature in the data
collection process.
More than 200 Interviews
were trained for the
implementation of the
survey.

Desk Officer of 2016THIS, Mariam Kitembe instruct on how to fill the

interviewer questionnaire during training of interviews. The training
was conducted in Dodoma in August, 2016.

survey will estimate the burden of

HIV in Tanzania, examine the
uptake of preventive and
care/treatment related services at
the population level, and estimate
the prevalence of HIV-related risk
factors, HIV incidence at National
Level, HIV prevalence, CD4
counts, syphilis prevalence, uptake
of
HIV-related
services,
(especially prevention of motherto-child transmission (PMTCT)-)
and exposure to HIV interventions.

2016THIS
will
visit
approximately 16,000 randomly
selected households to attract
more than 40,000 people and
8,000 children for the survey.
NBS and Office of Chief
Government Statistician are
coordinators of all official
statistics in Tanzania and are
currently in preparation of
running a 2016THIS survey
countrywide.

Among other things, the--

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Date: AUGUST, 2016

Interviews of 2016 Tanzania HIV Impact Survey attempting

examination during their training which was conducted in Dodoma
region recently.

The survey is carried out

jointly by International Center
for AIDS Care and Treatment
Programs (ICAP), Centre for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention (CDC), Ministry of
Health, Social Development,
Gender, Elderly and Children
in Tanzania Mainland, the
Ministry of Health in Tanzania
Zanzibar, the National Bureau
of Statistics (NBS), the Office
of
Chief
Government
Statistician Zanzibar (OCGS),
Tanzania Commission for
AIDS (TACAIDS) and
Zanzibar AIDS Commission
(ZAC).

The survey will estimate the

burden of HIV in Tanzania,
examine the uptake of
preventive and care/treatment
related services at the
population level, and estimate
the prevalence of HIV-related
risk factors, HIV incidence at
National
Level,
HIV
prevalence, CD4 counts,
syphilis prevalence, uptake of
HIV-related
services,
(especially prevention of
mother-to-child transmission
(PMTCT)-) and exposure to
HIV interventions.

Interviews of 2016 Tanzania HIV Impact Survey learning on

how to use laboratory equipments during their training
which was conducted in Dodoma region in August, 2016.

Issue NO: 16

Date: AUGUST, 2016

Inflation for August decreases to 4.9 percent

NBS Director
of
Population
Census and
Social
Statistics,
Mr. Ephraim
Kwesigabo
briefs
the
media about
Consumer
Price Index
figures for
August,
2016 in Dar
es Salaam.

THE headline inflation rate for

the month of August has
decreased to 4.9 percent from
5.1 percent recorded in July,
2016.
Addressing reporters in Dar es
Salaam when releasing the
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
for August 2016, the National
Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
Director of Population Census
and Social Statistics, Mr.
Ephraim Kwesigabo, said the
decrease of inflation was
attributed by the decrease of
price of some food items
compared to the speed of price
increase recorded a month
earlier.

The decrease of the of August

inflation rate was attributed to
price decrease of food items
such as cereals which
decreased by 0.6 percent,
cassava flour by 2.1 percent,
sardines by 3.0 percent and
vegetables by 2.6 percent,
said Mr. Kwesigabo.
Mr. Kwesigabo said the
monthly inflation rate has
decreased by 0.2 percent
compared to an increase of
0.03 percent which was
recorded in the previous
month; therefore the overall
index of August decreased to
103.28 from 103.50 recorded a
month before.

The inflation rate for food

consumed at home and away
from home decreased to 7.0
percent from 7.8 percent
recorded in July while the 12
month index change for nonfood products decreased to
3.0 percent in August from
3.2 percent recorded a month
earlier.
Mr. Kwesigabo added that the
inflation rate which excludes
food and energy for the month
of August stagnated at 2.6
percent as it was recorded in
July while the purchasing
power of 100 Tanzanian
Shillings has reached TZS 96
and 83 cents in August, 2016
from December, 2015.
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Date: AUGUST, 2016

NBS PICTORIAL NEWS

NBS
Director
General,
Dr.
Albina Chuwa
elaborating the
map
of
Tanzanian
Population to
the
former
UNFPA Country
Representative
in Tanzania Dr.
Natalia Karem
at NBS pavilion
during
the
commemoratio
n of World
Population
Day. The event
was held in Dar
es Salaam in
August, 2016.

Permanent
Secretary of the
Ministry
of
Foreign Affairs
and East African
Cooperation, Dr.
Aziz
Mlima,
delivering
his
remarks during
workshop
of
Statistical
stakeholders
who attended
the meeting of
Data Roadmap
of
the
Sustainable
Development
Goals
(SDGs).
The workshop
was held in Dar
es Salaam in
August, 2016.

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Date: AUGUST, 2016

NBS PICTORIAL NEWS

Interviews of 2016 Tanzania HIV Impact Survey conducting practical during their training on how to
use different laboratories tools in gathering data. The training was conducted in Dodoma region
recently.
Interviews of
2016 Tanzania
HIV
Impact
Survey
listening
careful
instruction
from
their
supervisor
during training
on how to run
the survey. The
training was
conducted in
Dodoma region
recently.

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