Additional Context: This quote is from Delphine, who spent 16 years working across Arusha, Kilimanjaro, and Tanga to build strong referral systems, train health workers, and strengthen reproductive care. Since USAID’s withdrawal, she has watched as partner programs lose funding, clinics run out of contraceptives and testing kits, and community health workers are laid off. Supervision and quality control efforts have stalled, and a new generation of health workers is entering the field without the training or support they once had access to.

With more than 60% of the population under 25 years of age, Tanzania stands at a crossroads: what happens now will define the wellbeing of its young people for decades to come. Without access to information and services, young people are left without the tools to build healthy, stable, and prosperous lives.

Source: EngenderHealth