Syriacus Buguzi

Dar es Salaam

Medical Journalist and Editor at MedicoPress

Freelance Science Journalist at SciDev Net

Doctor by training 🩺, Science Journalist ✍️ @SciDevNet Chevening Scholar 🎓 University of Sheffield #ScienceCommunication(MSc) 📚, Co-founder, @ResearchC0M

Articles

Mpox testing gaps raise risk of cross-border spread

2 weeks ago | scidev.net | Syriacus Buguzi

[DAR ES SALAAM] Foreign aid cuts could result in a major outbreak of mpox across the African continent and beyond, with virus control measures already disrupted, public health experts warn. Mpox testing and monitoring efforts in hotspot areas like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were heavily reliant on foreign assistance, which has been slashed under US President Donald Trump.
Congo-Kinshasa: Mpox Testing Gaps Raise Risk of Cross-Border Spread

2 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Syriacus Buguzi

Dar es Salaam — Foreign aid cuts could result in a major outbreak of mpox across the African continent and beyond, with virus control measures already disrupted, public health experts warn. Mpox testing and monitoring efforts in hotspot areas like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were heavily reliant on foreign assistance, which has been slashed under US President Donald Trump.
Tanzanian Doctor Who Taught Clinical Acumen ‘Religiously’, With Fierce Parental Love

3 weeks ago | medicopress.media | Syriacus Buguzi |bySyriacus Buguzi

Medical school, they say, can be a “baptism by fire,” at least for the majority. It’s like going through a furnace of academic rigor, fuelled by relentless lectures and unforgiving clinical rotations. Many emerge from its depths changed, some broken, but those who are truly fortunate find themselves guided by teachers whose hands both stoke the flames and offer them a soothing balm.
Tanzania tackles second Marburg outbreak with hard-won lessons

1 month ago | gavi.org | Syriacus Buguzi

Grim memories of healthcare workers in protective gear resurfaced in the Kagera region of northwest Tanzania when, for the second time, an outbreak of the deadly Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) was declared by President Samia Suluhu Hassan on 20 January 2025, confirming one case of the disease reported in the country’s Biharamulo district.
Tanzania confirms second Marburg outbreak after WHO chief visit

Jan 20, 2025 | scidev.net | Syriacus Buguzi

[DAR ES SALAAM] Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has declared an outbreak of Marburg virus, confirming a single case in the northwestern region of Kagera after a meeting with WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The confirmation follows days of speculation about a possible outbreak in the region, after the WHO reported a number of deaths suspected to be linked to the highly infectious disease.
In Zanzibar schools, HPV jabs come as part of a teen health package

Oct 7, 2024 | gavi.org | Syriacus Buguzi

You don’t need to tell teacher Mohammad Juma of Al-Haramyn School in Zanzibar how delicate discussing health in the classroom can be. With more than five years’ experience on the job, he’s keenly aware that, especially around adolescents in the throes of rapid physical and emotional change, sensitivities can run high. But recently, a special project convinced Juma that inviting the health care system into schools could be profoundly beneficial. “Seeing me in those photos, the children were shocked.
Quiet Revolution? Unsung heroes in Tanzania’s esteemed UHC evolution

Sep 19, 2024 | ippmedia.com | Syriacus Buguzi

IN recent years, talk of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has dominated headlines in Tanzania, often triggered by public concerns over health insurance— and at times, milestones of hope such as the enactment of the landmark Universal Health Insurance (UHI).
Doctor Setting Standards For Tanzania’s Health Conferencing

Sep 2, 2024 | ippmedia.com | Syriacus Buguzi

OVER a decade ago, when Dr. Omary Chillo, a physiologist, teamed up with his colleagues to carve the idea of establishing the-now-prominent Tanzania Health Summit (THS), it never crossed his mind that the institution he was building at the time would later evolve to the size and scale it has become today—convening over 1,500 health stakeholders annually, locally and internationally—and being a catalyst for progressiveness of Tanzania’s health agenda.
Tanzania’s 5-million-girls HPV vaccination campaign a “success”

May 31, 2024 | gavi.org | Syriacus Buguzi

This April, Lisa Peter, an 11-year-old student at Kambange Primary School in Dar Es Salaam, was sprawled on the living room couch after school, scrolling through television channels, when an advert by the Ministry of Health on national television grabbed her attention. It showed a family doting on a young girl, getting her ready for school.
Tanzania’s “big catch-up” gains ground

May 1, 2024 | gavi.org | Syriacus Buguzi

Saumu Ramadhani, a Community Health Worker (CHW) in Kwa Mtoro, a village in central Tanzania, witnessed the backsliding of immunisation efforts as COVID-19 swept the globe, sparking panic. Some families skipped routine clinic visits, in fear that they could catch the pandemic virus in hospital settings, Ramadhani said. And, as interest in the race to create a vaccine against the deadly new pathogen swelled, so did anti-vaccine misinformation.