HEALTH SECTOR

Apart from public initiatives, the private sector has also played its role in the provision of health services in order to improve the well being of the people with focus on the most-at-risk and to ensure that the health services are more responsive to the needs of the entire population of the region.

Referral Systems:
(1) Community Based Health Facilities : Various and varied NGOs/Donors operating in the region in collaboration with the Regional authority have been trying to strengthen Village Health Posts by training Village Health Workers including traditional birth attendants. The region has 619 Village Health Attendants and a total of 1,191 Traditional Birth Attendants.

(2) Dispensaries:
There are a total of 223 dispensaries of which 167 are government owned,
while 56 are privately owned.

(3) Health Centres:
There are 18 rural health centres, all owned and run by Local Government
Authorities and two (2) owned run by private institutions.

Regional and District Hospitals:

A district hospital is the third referral unit at district level while the Regional hospital is the apex level. Currently, the region has 5 District Hospitals and one Regional Hospital with a total of 2000 beds.

WATER AND SANITATION SECTOR:

For the period of November 2000 to June 2002 , the population served with clean and safe water has risen from 1,199,390 (72.05) to 1,270,853 (75,3). In the same period village with mentioned services has risen from 331 villages (71.2) to 345 villages (74.7). In additional villages with water fund has increased from 355 villages with Tshs 112,632,628 to 380 villages with a total shillings 120,6568,624.

The government in collaboration with the donors have embarked on an intensive programme of rehabilitating most of the ailing and defunct water schemes. The approach adopted by the region to achieve sustainable water supply schemes in the rural areas is based on the following criteria:

• Cost – Sharing:
Any village which aspires to be considered for construction of water schemes is required to show its eagerness and readiness to accept the proposed project by forming its water committee and establish a water fund.

• Ownership:
Ownership of the water schemes has been transferred to village governments and the people. Though their village water committees and government. The beneficiaries are fully involved in the rehabilitation, maintenance and protection of their water sources against any misuse, vandalism or pollus ion.
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New Schemes:
New schemes in future would be constructed in areas where there is greatest felt need and the beneficiaries will have to guarantee full participation during rehabilitation, operation and maintenance.

Current Status
Poor climatic conditions, together with the absence of reliable water sources like permanent rivers and lakes calls for the adoption of new technologies for water harvesting in Dodoma Region. The hitherto applied technologies in the region such of construction of boreholes, shallow wells rain water harvest and man-made dams have minimized the perpetual chronic water shortage for both animal and domestic use.

The status of Dodoma Urban Water Supply.
Total water production has risen from 24,000m3 to 40,000m3 per day . Sales also has risen from 25,000,000/= to 55,000,000/= per month. Currently Urban Population is saved with clean and safe water, Urban Authority has installed meters to customers. Metered customers are 6,700 out of total of 8,900 customers, therefore water for investment is purposes adequate

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