1967 | Arusha Declaration | The Mwalimu Nyerere’s Arusha Declaration is the benchmark of major health reforms in Tanzania today which had motives of making health services to accessible to all people in the country particularly improving the livelihood of the marginalized groups |
1977 | Free Health Services | All private and profit oriented health services were banned and the government took the role of providing free health services to her people |
1990 | The introduction of First Tanzania’s Health Policy | |
1991 | Liberalizations of Private Health Care Facilities | |
1991 | Mixed Healthcare Financing | Tanzania government introduced a mixed system of health financing which involves the introduction of cost sharing policies |
1993 | Government/Development Partners Appraisal Mission on the Health Sector | |
1993—1995 | User Fees | i. Phase I: Introduction of user fees in refers and number of health services provided by regional hospitals ii. Phase II experienced the introduction of medical fees I regional hospitals in a country iii. Phase III introduction of the medical fees to all district hospitals iv. Phase IV experienced the introduction of user fees in health centres and dispensaries |
1995 | The first Plan for Health Sector Reforms Agreement to engage in SWAP programs in Health | |
1996 | Community Health Fund (CHF) | This is a form of insurance plan under the government authorities which was designated purposely or the rural populations in a country. It was established in order to increase marginalized groups and large population employed in informal sectors to have equal access to health services and lower number of death due to disease |
1998 | Agreement to enter a SWAP program in Health | |
1999 | Health being introduced in Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) as a matter of priority | |
1999 | Introduction of Health Busket Fund | |
1999 | Introduction of National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) but its operation began in 2001 | |
2000 | National Package of Essential Health Interventions Approved | |
2002 | Introduction of Private insurance schemes | |
2003 | Health Sector Strategic Plan II (HSSP II) | |
2004 | Introduction of emergency infrastructure rehabilitations programs | |
2005 | Introduction of Tanzania Essential Health Intervention Project (TEHIP) | |
2006 | Establishment of the Tanzania Joint Assistance Strategy | |
2007 | Social Health Insurance Benefit (SHIB) | |
2007 | The National Health Policy 2007 | |
2008 | Establishment of the Health Sector Human Resource Strategic Plan | |
2009 | The announcement for Health Sector Strategic Plan IIII (HSSP III) | |
2015 | Health Sector Strategic Plan IV (HSSP IV) |