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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Many resource persons contributed to this study on Equity Implications of the Health Sector User Fees
in Tanzania. People from a wide range of organisations availed documents, website and email
numbers and reserved ample time to meet with the members of the study team. We have included the
names of all resource persons in Annex 6. We would like to express our deep appreciation for all the
support and guidance we received throughout the study period.
We first of all would like to thank the resource persons in the Netherlands and England who were
instrumental to direct the study team to relevant documents. We especially would like to thank
resource persons from Wemos and from Medact.
In Tanzania, resource persons based in Kagera Region, Dar es Salaam and Dodoma provided
valuable information. We would like to thank the resource persons in Kagera Region for their
participation in the study. We are especially thankful to the Kagera Regional Medical Officer (RMO)
who availed one of his senior staff members, Dr. Tiimanywa Lutaremwa (MPH), for data collection in
Bukoba District. We are also thankful to the offices of the District Rural Development Programme
(DRDP) and the Kagera Health Sector Reform Programme for availing various study documents.
Lastly we would like to thank the health workers from the Ministry of Health (MOH), Faith Based
Organisations (FBOs), Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and private clinics for their
participation in the study. Especially the participation of guardians, orphans, people living with HIV and
AIDS (PLWHA) and persons with a disability was highly valued.
We especially would like to express our appreciation for the valuable contribution to this study by
senior resource persons in the Ministry of Health. In particular, we would like to thank Dr. Faustine
Njau (Health Sector Reform Secretariat and Department of Policy and Planning), Dr. Ahmed Hingora
(Health Sector Programme Support and Health Sector Reform Secretariat), Ms. Dorothy Mallya
(Acting Chief Nursing Officer) and Ms. Kikuli (Budget Section Department of Policy and Planning). We
received valuable assistance from the President’s Office, Regional Administration and Local
Government (PORALG). We furthermore have been greatly assisted by resource persons from the
Vice President’s Office (VPO), bilateral and multilateral donor agencies (GTZ, DANIDA and WHO), the
Tanzania Essential Health Intervention Project (TEHIP), the Christian Social Services Commission
(CSSC) and the office of the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR).
We would like to express our special thanks to Ms. Maggie Bangser from the Women’s Dignity Project
(WDP) who has been providing instrumental support throughout the study period. We also would like
to express our sincere thanks to all the members of the REPOA Research and Analysis Working
Group and to the REPOA staff members, Mr. Donald Mmari and Mr. Lucas Katera, who have been
providing valuable support and assistance to the study team.
Lastly, we would like thank our colleagues of ETC Crystal who have been providing valuable guidance
and support to the study team.
We sincerely hope that the findings of this study will contribute in a positive way to the Tanzanian
Poverty Strategy Review Process 2004.
June 2004
Leontien Laterveer
Michael Munga
Patricia Schwerzel
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