The government has stepped up efforts to improve maternal and child healthcare by strengthening the capacity of health tutors through modern training approaches aimed at producing highly skilled healthcare professionals.
The Ministry of Health has urged tutors at Mvumi Health Training College in Dodoma to adopt updated teaching methods and apply knowledge gained from specialised reproductive, maternal and child health training to ensure future health workers are equipped to provide quality services and help save lives.
Speaking during the opening of a two-day training programme for health tutors in Dodoma Region on July 13, 2026, the Ministry’s training coordinator, Ms Notgera Ngaponda, said improving the quality of healthcare starts with strengthening the education and skills of those responsible for training health professionals.
She said the government remains committed to investing in human resources for health to ensure citizens receive safe, respectful and quality healthcare services that meet national and international standards.
“Quality healthcare services begin with quality training. Tutors play a key role in preparing graduates with the knowledge, skills and professional ethics required to deliver better services to the community,” Ms Ngaponda said.
The training, held at Mvumi Health Training College, involves 12 tutors from the institution and focuses on improving their ability to teach reproductive, maternal and child health using modern approaches.
Ms Ngaponda encouraged participants to use the programme as an opportunity to gain new knowledge, share experiences and strengthen their teaching capacity so that the skills acquired can benefit more health workers through continuous professional development.
She emphasised that the knowledge gained should not remain with individual participants but should be transferred to other healthcare workers in their respective workplaces to increase the impact of the programme.
The initiative is part of the government’s broader strategy to improve health service delivery by investing in continuous training for health tutors and frontline healthcare workers.
Participants said the training had come at the right time, noting that it would enhance their professional skills and enable them to use improved teaching techniques in preparing healthcare workers capable of addressing current health challenges.
The programme is being implemented in 47 health training institutions across Tanzania, involving 450 tutors.
It is expected to contribute to improved health education standards and strengthen efforts to provide better reproductive, maternal and child healthcare services to citizens.
