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The contribution of international non-governmental organizations in promoting elderly-friendly health services delivery in Tanzania: A case of Helpage International in Morogoro municipality

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dc.creator Paul, Valentine Zacharia
dc.date 2019-09-05T10:10:25Z
dc.date 2019-09-05T10:10:25Z
dc.date 2018
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T12:07:45Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T12:07:45Z
dc.identifier Paul, V. Z. (2018). The contribution of international non-governmental organizations in promoting elderly-friendly health services delivery in Tanzania: a case of Helpage International in Morogoro municipality (Masters dissertation).The University of Dodoma, Dodoma.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/1714
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/1714
dc.description Dissertation (MA International Relations)
dc.description This study assessed the contribution of INGOs in promoting elderly-friendly health services delivery in Tanzania: a case of the HelpAge international in Morogoro municipality with three specific objectives, namely to examine the role of INGOs in resource mobilization and funding to improve physical health infrastructure in Tanzania: to investigate the extent of facilitating training of staff in for preventive health to elderly people in Tanzania; and finally to investigate the efficacy of INGOs advocacy in enhancing curative services for elderly people in Tanzania. The study adopted the triangulation research approach by utilizing both quantitative and quality data. A sample size of 43 respondents from Sabasaba (21) and Kilakala (22) wards were involved in this study. The study found that INGOs have a role in providing medicine, medical equipments and medical personnel to target centres. In preventive diseases, INGOs have contributed in providing education to the elderly people through their trained staff on how to prevent diseases. In curative advocacy, INGOs have adopted national and local advocacy strategies including peer educators who champion the rights of elderly people’s access to quality and affordable healthcare through the provision of National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and Community Health Fund (CHF) cards. The study employed the regime school theory, common international theory, neo-corporatist theory, functionalism theory and liberalism theory were used to guide this study since the selected theories analyse the contribution of INGOs in promoting elderly-friendly health services delivery. The study recommends that the government, NGOs, CSOs and FBOs to invest in infrastructure to cater for elderly-friendly health services. The study suggests that further study to be conducted on the sustainability of local NGOs supporting elderly friendly health care provision without external funding.
dc.language en
dc.publisher The University of Dodoma
dc.subject Helpage International
dc.subject Morogoro
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.subject Health infrastructure
dc.subject Preventive health
dc.subject Curative services
dc.subject Physical health
dc.subject Non governmental organization
dc.subject NGO
dc.subject Health services
dc.subject Elderly-friendly health service
dc.subject Resource mobilization
dc.title The contribution of international non-governmental organizations in promoting elderly-friendly health services delivery in Tanzania: A case of Helpage International in Morogoro municipality
dc.type Dissertation


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