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Acknowledgements
The national guidelines for improving quality of care, support and protection for most vulnerable
children in Tanzania were developed with valuable inputs from a wide range of stakeholders who
worked with the Quality Improvement (QI) Taskforce. Consultative workshops were conducted to
gather views and ideas from different stakeholders including Line Ministries responsible for children
matters, TACAIDS, international non-government organizations, development partners and most
vulnerable Children.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all partners who contributed in one way or another
to the successful completion of the process of developing these guidelines. It is not easy to mention
each person who enriched the quality of this document. However we cannot avoid mentioning a few.
Special thanks are extended to the consultant, Dr Rose Mwaipopo for her expertise and technical
guidance in the initial phase of the process of developing these guidelines.
We also extend special thanks to Mr. Donald M Charwe, Assistant Commissioner for Social Welfare
of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, for his leadership and tireless guidance; to Ms Evelyne
Kamote of the Department for Social Welfare of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, for her
technical inputs in the QI Task Force; and to Dr Charles Matiko of Family Health International and
Ms Ranahnah Afriye of Africare, for their leading capacity as Co-Chairpersons of the QI Taskforce.
Special thanks to Pact Tanzania for providing practical experience to inform these guidelines. In
the same light, we appreciate the role played by the eleven members of the QI Taskforce whose
cooperation and commitment facilitated the successful development of these guidelines. Their good
work cannot be overemphasized.
Finally, we are immensely grateful to the USAID for their technical and financial support which
facilitated the successful development of these national guidelines for improving quality of care,
support and protection of most vulnerable children. This can not go without recognizing Elizabeth
Lema, USAID OVC Project Management Specialist for her unyielding support to the QI Taskforce.
D.M. Charwe
AG. COMMISSIONER FOR SOCIAL WELFARE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE
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