NBS NEWS LETTER

ISSUE NO: 14

DATE: MAY, 2016

STATISTICS FOR ALL

Issue NO: 14

Date: May, 2016

World Bank pledges continued support to NBS

NBS Director General, Dr. Albina Chuwa briefs the media about the relationship between NBS and World Bank during
a tour of World Bank Country Director for Tanzania Ms. Bella Bird at NBS headquarters in Dar es Salaam recently.

The World Bank has pledged to

continue
supporting
the
National Bureau of Statistics
(NBS) both technologically and
financially in a bid to enable it
produce official statistics in a
timely manner.
This will help the country to
effectively plan and implement
its development programmes.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam
during her visit to the NBS
headquarters recently, the
World Bank Country Director
for Tanzania, Burundi, Malawi
and Somalia, Ms. Bella Bird, --

said due to the importance of

statistics
in
planning,
implementing,
measuring
implementation of various
development programmes, the
World Bank will continue to
provide technical and financial
support to NBS for that
purpose.
Official statistics is important
in development because if you
dont have official statistics,
you cant plan anything worth
in development. NBS should
make sure it produces timely
official statistics by using new--

technologies in collecting and

analyzing data.
The World Bank will work
together with NBS by providing
technical and financial support
in order to make sure the office
produces official statistics in
timely manner ready to be used
by the Government and others
stakeholders in planning and
implementing
development
programmes, said Ms. Bird.
She said the World Bank
recognises the importance of
statistics in the development of--

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all countries including Tanzania
in policy planning and
implementation of various
programmes thats why the
World Bank will continue to
provide support to the statistics
body.
According to her, it is imperative
for Tanzania to implement an
open government partnership
that will give firsthand
information to the public.
"We have been supporting NBS
since 2011 and so far we have
spent about $30 million on their
ongoing programmes which aim
at improving quality of data in
the country," she said.

Date: May, 2016

"We have been

supporting NBS
since 2011 and so
far we have spent
about $30 million
on their ongoing
programmes which
aim at improving
quality of data in
the country," she
said.

The partnership between the two

sides, according to Ms. Bird,
aims at empowering NBS so it
would develop numbers and
quality data that are imperative
for national development.
For her part, the Director
General of NBS, Dr. Albina
Chuwa, thanked the World Bank
for the assistance it has been
giving to the Bureau. She said
the assistance has helped
increase efficiency in the
production, collection and
provision of official statistics in
the country.
"I would like to take this
opportunity to thank the World

World
Bank
Country
Director
for
Tanzania
Ms. Bella
Bird,
addressin
g
NBS
Staff (not
in picture)
during her
visit
at
NBS
headquart
ers in Dar
es Salaam
in
May,
2016.

Bank for the support it

grants us. I trust that
through your visit at the
National
Bureau
of
Statistics and observe the
various
activities
undertaken
by
NBS
including the collection and
provision
of
official
statistics in the country,"
said Dr. Chuwa.
Dr. Chuwa said, through
WB's
technical
and
financial support, the
bureau managed to endorse

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Date: May, 2016

the Tanzania Statistical Master Plan

(TSMP) which has enabled them
improve data production.

accountability,
transparency,
results and information," she
said.

The chief statistician said NBS has

continued to expand the scope of
production of official data
compared to some years back
century.

She said that the TSMP had

accelerated improvement of
economic statistics in Tanzania
and that NBS was working
closely with stakeholders to
ensure cost effective production
of official statistics for
development plans.

Dr. Chuwa said, TSMP is

implemented under five major
components including institutional
developments and legal reforms.
Others are human development, --

According to her, TSMP has

developed two main statistical
systems for the Prevention and--

"I would like to take this

opportunity to thank the
World Bank for the support
it grants us. I trust that
through your visit at the
National
Bureau
of
Statistics and observe the
various
activities
undertaken
by
NBS
including the collection and
provision
of
official
statistics in the country,"
said Dr. Chuwa.
EASTC Rector, Prof.
Innocent Ngalinda
(right)
together
with NBS Staff
listening
the
speech of World
Bank
Country
Director
for
Tanzania Ms. Bella
Bird
(not
in
picture) during her
visit
at
NBS
headquarters
in
Dar es Salaam in
May, 2016.

statistical infrastructure, data

development and dissemination
and physical infrastructure.

Combating Bureau (PCCB) and

the police to capture their crime
data on daily basis.

"With the merging economic

structural change in the world,
quality statistics has gained
momentum to respond to--

TSMP is the five year country

Strategy for Development of
Quality Statistics, which is --

Implemented under the coordination

of the National Bureau of Statistics
in Tanzania Mainland and the Office
of Chief Government Statistician,
Zanzibar. The project first phase
would be completed in June, 2018.

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Date: May, 2016

Call for participation in 2016 HIV/AIDS survey

STAKEHOLDERS and the
general public were obliged to
participate fully in 2016 Tanzania
HIV Impact Survey (2016THIS)
in order to enable the
Government to get official data
for proper planning of its
development programmes.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam during
stakeholders
meeting
of
2016THIS, the Director General
of the National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS), Dr. Albina
Chuwa, said the Government
needs quality data for proper
planning and it was mandatory
for every individual to provide
accurate information to data
collectors.
NBS, in collaboration with other
stakeholders, is now ready to run
a survey of 2016THIS
countrywide,
the
early
preparation of households listing
was successfully done. Were
now in the final stages before we
go to enumeration area to collect
health and related information
and my hope that those whose
houses would be selected, they
should be ready for testing and
provide accurate information,
said Dr. Chuwa.

The NBS boss said the

2016THIS would be a unique
survey to be conducted in
Tanzania, especially in the health
sector, compared to three
previous
studies
about
HIV/AIDS as it would include
people from all age groups and
provide results of the HIV testing
immediately after test.
She added that, the 2016THIS
will include indicators estimates
only HIV/AIDS of all ages and it
will enable the Government to
know the status of HIV for those
persons aged 0 to 17 years and --

adults.
Moreover, Dr. Chuwa said
under Implementation of
Sustainable
Development
Goals (SDGs), Goal 3: which
requires every nation to ensure
healthy lives and promote
well-being for all people at all
ages; Tanzania will use the
findings of 2016THIS to
deliver its report on how far it
has achieved to combat this
disease and how it would
ensure that every affected
citizen is treated equally
without discrimination.

ICAP Country Director, Dr. Fernando Morales providing his remarks

during a 2016THIS stakeholders meeting in Dar es Salaam recently.

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Date: May, 2016

Some of the participants listen to the presentations during the 2016THIS meeting of
Stakeholders which was conducted in Dar es Salaam in May, 2016 at Karimjee Hall

For his party, ICAP Country

Director, Dr. Fernando
Morales, said the study is
important in estimating the
HIV/AIDS
status
in
Tanzania.
He added that it is being
carried out in more than 20
countries
in
Africa,
particularly those that
receive
from
the
Government of United States
of America aid in combating
HIV/AIDS.
According to Dr. Morales,
the success of 2016THIS
would enable to make--

estimates of the status of

people living with HIV/AIDS
including children, youth and
the elderly and also the data
and
information
would
facilitate the Government and
other health stakeholders to
plan and improve health
services in the country.
The 2016THIS is a national
sample survey designed to
provide
information
on
population,
adult
HIV
Incidence,
Viral
load
suppression, distribution of
HIV infection, CD4 counts,
HIV-related risk behaviours
and uptake of HIV related--

The survey takes place in twenty

(20) African countries and
currently eight (8) countries were
in the stage of collecting data.
These include Zimbabwe,
Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho,
Swaziland, Uganda, Namibia and
Tanzania.

The 2016THIS will

include
indicators
estimates only HIV/AIDS
of all ages and it will
enable the Government to
know the status of HIV
for those persons aged 0
to 17 years and adults.
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Date: May, 2016

Communication experts urged to make sure 2016THIS a

success
SUCCEFUL implementation of the
2016 Tanzania HIV Impact Survey
(2016THIS) depends very much on
the participation of communication
experts and community mobilisers,
especially when it comes to
awareness creation.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam during a
Communication Experts Technical
Working Group workshop, the ICAP
Country Deputy Director and
Director for 2016THIS, Dr.
Veronicah Mugisha said people
awareness was crucial towards
ensuring the survey was a success.
We are now about to start the 2016
Tanzania HIV Impact Survey
(2016THIS), its a complicated
survey to some people as most fear
to be tested at their doorsteps. But
what they need is to be well
informed with positive messages in
order to change their attitudes; right
messages will be delivered to them
by communication experts and
community mobilisers, said Dr.
Mugisha.
She said communication experts and
community mobilisers play a vital
role in mobilising the general public
towards issues which are to be
carried out in the country and need
direct participation of the society.

2016THIS Communication and Community Mobilization team

experts walking out from one of the households where they went to
test tools to be used in mobilizing publics during the 2016THIS. The
test was done at Kerege village in Bagamoyo region recently.

She urged communication

experts
and
community
mobilizers to use all methods
possible -- both traditional and
emerging ones -- in mobilising
and sensitising people to
participate in the survey and get
tested.
The director called for use of
such emerging technologies as
social media networks and
online radio and TV services to
reach more people in diverse
geographic locations so as to
reach the targeted audiences.

She argued that the success of

the 2016THIS survey would
very much depend on the
efficiency of community
mobilisation by the relevant
experts.
Dr. Mugisha said it was
important that the message
should be delivered in such a
manner that it would elicit
positive responses, whereby
people would be given hope.
According to her, it was
important to avoid creating-7

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Date: May, 2016

Mr.
Hani
Ahmed,
a
Communication
and Community
Mobilizer
for
2016 Tanzania
HIV
Impact
Survey
(2016THIS),
mobilizing
community to
participate in
the
survey
which will be
carried out in
August, 2016
countrywide.
The workshop
was done at
Kerege Village
in Bagamoyo
District in May,
2016.

situations that would lead to

social disruption, family
breakup, and, gender and
child violence.
Communication
Experts
Technical working group of
2016THIS conducted a fourday long workshop from
June 1 to 4, 2016 in Dar es
Salaam in a bid to organise
and plan on how to
effectively create public
awareness so that many
people would participate
fully in 2016THIS survey.
The 2016 THIS is a national
sample survey designed to
provide information on--

population, adult HIV Incidence,

Viral
load
suppression,
distribution of HIV infection,
CD4 counts, HIV-related risk
behaviors and uptake of HIV
related services, pediatrics HIV
prevalence, and the use of HIVrelated services such as
prevention, care and treatment.

It was important to
avoid creating situations
that would lead to social
disruption,
family
breakup, and, gender
and child violence.

We are now about to start

the 2016 Tanzania HIV
Impact
Survey
(2016THIS),
its
a
complicated survey to some
people as most fear to be
tested at their doorsteps.
But what they need is to be
well informed with positive
messages in order to
change their attitudes; right
messages will be delivered
to them by communication
experts and community
mobilisers, said Dr.
Mugisha.

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Date: May, 2016

Government for a stronger statistics bureau

to March 2016, that
quarter, 3rd quarter,
quarter for 2014 and
the Bureau reported
completed combining
the 2015 GDP.

The Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Philip Mpango in a group photo with some
government officials including NBS Director General, Dr. Albina Chuwa who attended the
release of 2016/2017 budget of Ministry of Finance and Planning in the Parliament in Dodoma
recently.

THE Government said it

will strengthen the National
Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
in order to empower it to
deliver accordingly in
creation of quality official
statistics in a timely
manner.
This was revealed by the
Minister for Finance and
Planning,
Dr.
Philip
Mpango, as he tabled the
2016/2017 budget in
Parliament in Dodoma
recently.

Dr. Mpango said NBS registered

yet good performance during the
2015/2016 financial year,
particularly in the roles of
collecting,
analysing,
interpreting, presenting and
storing of data. It also
disseminated important data to
the
public,
statistical
stakeholders,
development
partners and the Government.
He cited the preparation and
dissemination of the countrys
Domestic Gross Products (GDP)
for the periods of July 2015--

is, 2nd
and 4th
that now
to have
data for

On the other hand, he said, NBS

has continued to analyse the
2012 Tanzania Population and
Housing Census and has released
the following monographs;
Mortality, Economic Activity,
Fertility
and
Nuptiality,
Migration and Urbanisation,
Literacy and Education, and
Gender.
Furthermore, Dr. Mpango said
the Government would continue
to provide the Bureau with all its
necessities and hence enable the
production of official statistics
which are crucial inputs for
planning, implementing and
measuring the implementations
of development programmes.
NBS registered yet good
performance during the
2015/2016 financial year,
particularly in the roles of
collecting,
analysing,
interpreting, presenting and
storing of data.

Issue NO: 14

Date: May, 2016

May inflation rate increases to 5.2 percent

THE headline inflation rate for
May, 2016 increased to 5.2
percent from 5.1 percent
recorded in April, 2016.

overall index increased to

103.00 in May, 2016 from
102.46 recorded a month
before.

According to the report of

Consumer Price Index (CPI)
released by National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS) through its
website, the speed of price
increase for commodities in May
increased compared to the speed
of price increase recorded in the
previous month.

This increase of the overall

index was attributed by price
increase of both food and nonfood items. Some food items
that contributed to the
increase were maize grains by
1.5 percent, cassava flour by
6.2 percent, poultry meat by
2.6 percent, peas by 5.8
percent, fresh cassava by 8.0
percent and cooking bananas
by 2.7 percent.

The inflation rate for May

stagnated at 0.5 percent as it was
recorded in April, while the --

items that contributed to such

increase were kerosene by 2.9
percent, charcoal by 2.5 percent,
diesel by 4.6 percent, petrol by
2.5 percent and equipment for
sport, camping and open air
recreation by 7.8 percent.
The report also indicates that the
inflation rate for food consumed
at home and away from home
decreased to 7.2 percent in the
month under study from 7.3
percent recorded in April, while
the 12 month index change for
non-food products increased to
3.8 percent in May from 3.5
percent recorded a month earlier.

On the other hand, non-food--

Movement of National Consumer Price Indices (NCPI) and Inflation

Rates from May, 2015 May, 2016. (Dec., 2015 = 100)

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Date: May, 2016

Price Movements of Different Groups of CPI from May, 2015 May, 2016
(Dec., 2015 = 100)

Moreover, the inflation rate

which excludes food and energy
for May stagnated at 3.0 percent
as was recorded in April.
The purchasing power of 100
Tanzanian Shillings reached
TZS 97 and 09 cents in May,
2016 from December, 2015.

The purchasing power of

100 Tanzanian Shillings
reached TZS 97 and 09
cents in May, 2016 from
December, 2015.

Food items that

contributed to the
increase were maize
grains
by
1.5
percent,
cassava
flour by 6.2 percent,
poultry meat by 2.6
percent, peas by 5.8
percent,
fresh
cassava by 8.0
percent and cooking
bananas by 2.7
percent.

Non-food items
that contributed to
such increase were
kerosene by 2.9
percent, charcoal by
2.5 percent, diesel
by 4.6 percent,
petrol by 2.5 percent
and equipment for
sport, camping and
open air recreation
by 7.8 percent.
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Date: May, 2016

NBS PICTORIAL NEWS

Chairperson of Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) Dr. Fatma Mrisho, providing her
remarks on the importance of the 2016 Tanzania HIV Impact Survey (2016THIS) during a
2016THIS stakeholders meeting in Dar es Salaam recently.
NBS
Human
Resources
Manager Mr.
Gabriel
Madembwe
elaborating the
system
of
leadership
of
NBS to the
World
Bank
Country
Director
for
Tanzania Ms.
Bella Bird, (not
in
picture)
during her visit
at
NBS
headquarters in
Dar es Salaam
recently.

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Date: May, 2016

NBS PICTORIAL NEWS

NBS Director General, Dr. Albina Chuwa welcomes the World Bank Country Director for
Tanzania Ms. Bella Bird, during her visit at NBS headquarters in Dar es Salaam in May,
2016.
NBS Director
General,
Dr.
Albina Chuwa
(right)
addressing
NBS
Staff
during a tour
of World Bank
Country
Director
for
Tanzania Ms.
Bella Bird at
NBS
headquarters
in
Dar
es
Salaam
recently.

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National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

VISION
To become a one-stop centre for official statistics in Tanzania.

MISSION
To produce quality official statistics and services that meet needs of
national and international stakeholders for evidence based planning
and decision making.

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