NEMC YAZITAKA TAASISI ZINGINE KUIGA MFANO WA MUHIMBLI KWA UTUNZAJI WA MAZINGIRA

Baraza la Taifa la Hifadhi na Usimamizi wa Mazingira NEMC limezitaka Taasisi za Afya za Serikali na binafsi kuiga mfano wa Hospitali ya Taifa ya Muhimbili kwa utunzaji wa mazingira. Hayo yamesemwa leo na Meneja Uzingatiaji wa Sheria na ufuatiliaji NEMC, Bw. Hamad Taimur wakati wa kukabidhi vifaa vya kutenganisha taka, ikiwa ni kilele cha siku ya mazingira Duniani ambayo huadhimishwa kila tarehe 05, Juni ya kila mwaka ambapo kauli mbiu ya mwaka huu ni ‘Pinga uchafuzi wa mazingira utokanao na mifuko ya plastiki’ ‘Ukiangalia hapa Muhimbili, mazingira yake ni ya kijani, hakuna taka zinazozagaa na hii imewezekana kutokana na hospitali kuwa na timu inayosimamia usafi wa mazingira ya hospitali, kwakweli hili ni jambo la kuigwa na tunawaasa wengine waje wajifunze hapa’ amefafanua Bw. Taimur. BwTaimur ameongeza kuwa NEMC inaamini kuwa vifaa vilivyotolewa leo, vitasaidia kuendelela kuboresha shughuli za usafi na utunzaji wa Mazingira wa maeneo mbalimbali ya hospitali kwa kuwa hospitali inazalisha taka za aina mbalimbali ikiwemo taka hatarishi. Akipokea vifaa hivyo Kaimu Mkurugenzi wa huduma za ufundi na matengenezo wa Hospitali ya Taifa Muhimbili Bi. Domiana John kwa niaba ya Mkurugenzi mtendaji MNH ameishukuru NEMC kwa msaada huo na kuongeza kuwa vifaa hivyo vitasaidia kuendelea kuimarisha shughuli za usafi hospitalini hapa. Bi Domiana amesema kipaumbele cha Hospitali ni usafi na usalama wa wadau mbalimbali wanaoingia na kutoka ndio maana imeendelea kuweka mazingira katika hali ya usafi na kuepuka kuzagaa hovyo kwa taka kwa lengo la kuepuka magonjwa mbalimbali

Development Aid In A Changing World

 

 By: Axel Van Trotsenburg

The World Bank’s fund for the poorest, IDA, was created more than 50 years ago to meet an urgent need—to make sure the world’s most vulnerable have a real chance at a decent life. A lot has happened since then.

With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped the vicious cycle of abject poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, food security, schools, roads, electricity. In fact, for the first time ever, researchers found last year that the number of people living in absolute poverty—less than $1.25 day—dropped in every region of the world, from 1.9 billion in 1990 to 1.3 billion in 2008.

IDA has worked relentlessly with poor countries to fight poverty in often very challenging circumstances. In Africa, which receives half of IDA’s interest-free loans and grants, IDA helped put over 15 million children in school in the last decade, protect citizens against malaria with 33 million mosquito nets, and provide 6 million people with access to safe drinking water.

While we have made good, even remarkable progress on reducing poverty, the number of poor people living on less than $1.25 a day is still unacceptable.

Nor can we assume that development gains are here to stay. The growing number of extreme climate-related events and other natural disasters—from the 2010 earthquake in Haiti to last year’s massive tsunami in Japan, from the ongoing drought in the Sahel to recent Superstorm Sandy—shows that no one is immune to disaster. Conflict, financial crises, unemployment, and hunger—which often respect no borders—further complicate matters.

Yet in the face of such adversity, some question the very role of development assistance and the relevance of multilateral agencies whose mission it is to end poverty. At such a tumultuous time, the global development community finds itself at an important crossroads. The path we take has serious implications for the world we’ll all inhabit in the years to come.

Now is not the time to disengage. It’s time to double-down and make sure we actually deliver on the Millennium Development Goals: giving children and pregnant women a chance at survival, making sure kids get to school and women have the same opportunities as men, protecting the environment, and ultimately, ending poverty.

For the World Bank, donors, borrowers, and civil society, that means making smart choices about using scarce resources for maximum effect, in line with local needs. That means keeping in mind that even when a country reaches a certain income level, there may still be millions of people living in severe poverty, who will still need continued support.

A hallmark of IDA is its ability to adapt to changing circumstances. We have learned that sustainable poverty reduction hinges on putting the country in the driver’s seat, combines the aid and expertise of multiple sectors and organizations, and most of all, is flexible. IDA’s flexibility allows us to react quickly, particularly during times of crisis and in difficult, fragile environments.

Our work in the Horn of Africa last year illustrates IDA’s ability to respond with nimble, targeted solutions. When 12 million people were suffering from one of the worst droughts in 60 years, we swiftly made $250 million available through our Crisis Response Window. In record time, this provided badly needed support for nutrition, health, energy, agriculture, and sanitation projects for millions of people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti.

As much as the global economy is subject to constant change, we have to prepare ourselves for even more rapid and profound changes, especially in a development finance landscape where several traditional donor countries are facing fiscal hardships at home.

IDA continues to undergo an extensive renewal in the face of evolving global and country challenges. Indeed, we are engaged with donors and borrowers on these very issues, as we explore ways to address frontier issues, such as IDA’s financial sustainability, fragility, and results. The challenge is to keep the world engaged in our joint effort to make sure millions of impoverished are not left behind and are able to improve their living standards.

It is important that we broaden the coalition of potential donors and create new partnerships with emerging market economies around the world. We need to harness their knowledge and experience in lifting people out of poverty.

Donors and borrowers from Africa and all regions of the world meet November 13-15 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to review IDA’s progress on delivering better results on gender, climate, conflict and fragility, and crisis response to communities in need. It’s an opportunity to brainstorm with our development partners on how to be even more effective and responsive amid a challenging and changing global aid architecture.

What will it take to continue to lift more and more people out of poverty? Flexibility, persistence, and continued strong commitment and engagement by all who care.

Axel Van Trotsenburg is the World Bank’s Vice President for Concessional Finance