In January 1992 a review was done to the national health policy and the new emphasis is on improving the health and wellbeing of Tanzanian with the focus on those most at risk and ensuring that the health system is more responsive to the needs of people. Kigoma/Ujiji Municipal Council has few health facilities that provide services to the community which are owned by voluntary agencies, the private sector and the Government. Considering the current growing population, the facilities are not adequate as shown on Table 3 below.
Table 10: Number Of Health Facilities By Ownership.
Type of health facilities
Government
Private
Religious
Total
Hospital
1
0
1
2
Health Centre
1
1
0
2
Dispensaries
11
5
1
17
Total
21
Source: Municipal Medical Doctor
Health Department has two major sections which are CURRATIVE and PREVENTIVE. This is important areas of working within the department. Other areas are child immunization and pregnant mothers, Food and drugs Control, Tuberculosis and Leprosy control, HIV/AIDS, STI including voluntary counseling and Testing of HIV, School Health Program, IMCI, Malaria and National Health Insurance Fund.
The major epidemic diseases in Kigoma/Ujiji Municipal Council are Cholera, Dysentery and Meningitis and the main cause of this epidemic are poor environmental sanitation, lack of clean and safe water.
