Health outcomes are poor in Tanzania and the right to health has not been realized. Overall allocations to health are low, but instead of spending its very limited funds carefully, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) wastes substantial resources on non-essential spending. This spending includes travel by MoHSW staff, payment of sitting allowances to them, and the purchase of luxury vehicles.

In Tanzania, Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) analysis indicates remarkable disparities of health workers’ skill-mix between the rural and

urban councils and between health facilities within the councils.

Tanzania experiences severe shortage of human resources for health across all cadres. In response to the need for more

health workforce, many training institutions both public and private have drastically increased matriculation to bridge the gap.