Amani Davis E, Ndumwa Harrieth P, Ngowi Jackline E, Njiro Belinda J, Munishi Castory, Mboya Erick A, Mloka Doreen, Kikula Amani I, Balandya Emmanuel, Ruggajo Paschal, Kessy Anna T, Kitambala Emilia, Kapologwe Ntuli, Kengia James T, Kiologwe James, Ubuguyu Omary, Salum Bakari, Kamuhabwa Appolinary, Ramaiya Kaushik, Sunguya Bruno F
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 9 United Nations Road, Upanga West P O Box 65001, Dar es salaam, Tanzania.
Ministry of Health, P O Box 743 Dodoma, Tanzania.
Ann Glob Health. 2024 Mar 4;90(1):18. doi: 10.5334/aogh.4112. eCollection 2024.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) arise from diverse risk factors with differences in the contexts and variabilities in regions and countries. Addressing such a complex challenge requires local evidence. Tanzania has been convening stakeholders every year to disseminate and discuss scientific evidence, policies, and implementation gaps, to inform policy makers in NCDs responses. .
Desk review was conducted through available MOH and conference organizers' documents. It had both quantitative and qualitative data. The review included reports of the four NCDs conferences, conference organization, and conduct processes. In addition, themes of the conferences, submitted abstracts, and presentations were reviewed. Narrative synthesis was conducted to address the objectives. Recommendations emanated from the conference and policy uptake were reviewed and discussed to determine the impact of the dissemination.
Since 2019, four theme-specific conferences were organized. This report includes evidence from four conferences. The conferences convened researchers and scientists from research and training institutions, implementers, government agencies, and legislators in Tanzania and other countries within and outside Africa. Four hundred and thirty-five abstracts were presented covering 14 sub-themes on health system improvements, financing, governance, prevention intervention, and the role of innovation and technology. The conferences have had a positive effect on governments' response to NCDs, including health care financing, NCDs research agenda, and universal health coverage.
The National NCDs conferences have provided suitable platforms where stakeholders can share, discuss, and recommend vital strategies for addressing the burden of NCDs through informing policies and practices. Ensuring the engagement of the right stakeholders, as well as the uptake and utilization of the recommendations from these platforms, remains crucial for addressing the observed epidemiological transition in Tanzania and other countries with similar contexts.
非传染性疾病（NCDs）由多种风险因素引起，不同地区和国家的背景及变异性存在差异。应对这一复杂挑战需要本地证据。坦桑尼亚每年都召集利益相关者，以传播和讨论科学证据、政策及实施差距，为非传染性疾病应对方面的政策制定者提供信息。
通过现有的卫生部和会议组织者文件进行案头审查。审查既有定量数据也有定性数据。审查内容包括四次非传染性疾病会议的报告、会议组织和举办流程。此外，还审查了会议主题、提交的摘要和演讲内容。为实现目标进行了叙述性综合分析。对会议提出的建议以及政策采纳情况进行了审查和讨论，以确定传播的影响。
自2019年以来，组织了四次主题特定会议。本报告包含四次会议的证据。这些会议召集了来自坦桑尼亚以及非洲内外其他国家的研究和培训机构的研究人员与科学家、实施者、政府机构和立法者。共展示了435篇摘要，涵盖关于卫生系统改进、筹资、治理、预防干预以及创新和技术作用的14个子主题。这些会议对政府应对非传染性疾病产生了积极影响，包括医疗保健筹资、非传染性疾病研究议程和全民健康覆盖。
全国非传染性疾病会议提供了合适的平台，利益相关者可以通过为政策和实践提供信息，分享、讨论并推荐应对非传染性疾病负担的重要策略。确保合适的利益相关者参与，以及采纳和利用这些平台的建议，对于应对坦桑尼亚以及其他具有类似情况的国家所观察到的流行病学转变仍然至关重要。
