A key goal of HDIF is to contribute knowledge and understanding about the complex practice of social innovation in Tanzania that can be used by others. We invite you to learn from the journey we have taken together with our grantees and partners. Our two learning themes focus on the cross-cutting topics of ‘gender’ and ‘ICT for Development’, through the application of the Principles for Digital Development.
Introduction Properly implemented e-health holds tremendous potential to improve the lives of people in...
Introduction Over the last decade, the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and...
Introduction In Tanzania, girls and young women face disproportionately worse outcomes in education and...
Introduction In recent decades the global growth of digital technologies has transformed the lives...
Introduction Over the past decade, global efforts to tackle some of the world’s biggest...
Project background Education has the power to transform lives. Equipped with skills, knowledge and…
Project background In spite of significant strides made by the global health community, maternal…
Project background Youth unemployment is a nationwide problem in Tanzania. Although available government statistics…
Project background For many young women the world over, menstruation is an unwelcome addition…
Project background In Tanzania, girls and young women face disproportionately worse outcomes in education…
Project background From cost of treatment to lack of medicines, the barriers to accessing…
Project background In spite of massive investments in Tanzania, the demand for adequate and…
Project background Malaria remains one of the major threats to public health and economic…
Project background In mainland primary schools in Tanzania, children learn all subjects in Kiswahili;…
Project background Early Childhood Development (ECD) and pre-primary education both lay the foundations for…
Project background Although Tanzania has made significant progress in reducing maternal mortality, the number…
Project background In a country like Tanzania where up to 50 per cent of…
Project Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disease that affects the red…
Project Background Groundwater is Tanzania’s major source of drinking water; however, it is not…
Project Background In recognition of strong quality improvement systems being essential for achieving priority…
Project Background Despite the adoption of the Global Campaign for Education for All and…
Project Background From the lack of life-saving medications and access to skilled birth attendants…
Project Background Education has the power to transform lives. Equipped with skills, knowledge, and…
Project Background Hygienic sanitation facilities are crucial for public health. Inadequate sanitation is a…
Project Background In Tanzania, nearly half of rural water points do not work and…
Project Background Early childhood education is an urgent developmental issue to be solved in…
Project Background In Zanzibar, as elsewhere, providing adequate and quality health-care services is often…
Project Background Although Tanzania has made significant progress in reducing maternal, neonatal and child…
Project background Efforts to encourage positive attitudes and behaviours towards sanitation and hygiene are…
Project background In a country like Tanzania where up to 50 percent of the…
Project background Tanzania is a rising star in Africa, having made significant social and…
Project background Early childhood development (ECD), in particular pre-primary education, lays the foundations for…
Project Background In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – one of the fastest growing cities…
HDIF’s Reflections and Recommendations 2013-2018 The report is divided into three chapters that share...
Reflection Report A key goal of the Human Development Innovation Fund (HDIF) programme is...
Project description mVacciNation complements VIMS by capturing information and delivering immunisations more consistently at...
Project background Tanzania is one of 30 countries to be recognised by the World...
