MelissaMcNeilBarrett

Deputy Representative

[UNFPA Tanzania @UNFPATanzania]

“The Learning Corner has transformed how we learn and practice. We are now more confident in providing better care to mothers and babies.” — Midwife

Thanks to @GAC_Corporate , health workers are gaining skills and confidence to deliver quality care for mothers and newborns.

[UNFPA Tanzania @UNFPATanzania]

🌍 Happy International Day of the Midwife 2026.

Theme: One Million More Midwives—because investing in midwives means safer births and saved lives.

In Tanzania, UNFPA supports this through #ThaminiUzaziSalama 💙 Every midwife counts. Every life matters.

[Mark Bryan Schreiner 🇺🇳 @MarkB_Schreiner]

⚠️ #Midwives deliver 90% of essential reproductive health care, yet the world is short 1 MILLION of them.

This International Day of the #Midwife, see why @UNFPA is calling for urgent investment in their life-saving work: https://t.co/hUBceuGGcX

#GlobalGoals

[UNFPA Tanzania @UNFPATanzania]

From drones to AI and mHealth, #Africa is innovating health systems.

At #CPD59, @UNFPA RD @LZigomo joins #Tanzania-led event highlighting a digitally ready region:

850M+ mobile users, 46% internet penetration & rising AI capacity—expanding access to life-saving #SRH

#ICPD59

[UNFPA East and Southern Africa @UNFPA_ESARO]

Maternal deaths are often a failure of access. 💊 Up to 50% of hemorrhage-prevention medicines in some countries are substandard. UNFPA is expanding access to quality-assured commodities to ensure life-saving care reaches the last mile. #GlobalHealth

[UNFPA Tanzania @UNFPATanzania]

“Finland is proud to support initiatives that create safe, inclusive digital spaces for women and girls.

It is important to include technology-facilitated gender-based violence in all work against GBV.”

H.E. Ms. Theresa Zitting, Finland Ambassador to Tanzania.

[UNFPA Tanzania @UNFPATanzania]

“Technology should be a tool for empowerment, not a platform for harm.

Women and girls must safely participate online without fear,”

Melissa McNeil- Barrett, UNFPA Tanzania Deputy Representative.

#GenderEquality #DigitalSafety #TFGBV

[UNFPA Tanzania @UNFPATanzania]

📍Dar es Salaam.

Stakeholders from government, civil society, tech, and youth sectors gather for Tanzania’s National Symposium on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV).

Focus: strengthening digital safety for women and girls.

#EndGBV #DigitalSafety #UNFPA

[MelissaMcNeilBarrett @MelissaMBarrett]

At the 25th Joint Annual Health Sector Review mtng, Development Partners in Health (DPG-H) acknowledged progress in rollout of UHI & underscored need to increase sustainable domestic finance & improve efficiencies in health sector particularly within a context of declining ODA

[UN Tanzania 🇺🇳 @UnitedNationsTZ]

Our partners @IrlEmbTanzania 🇮🇪 & @UKinTanzania 🇬🇧 co-hosted a UN donor briefing on Tanzania's #refugee response.

Led by @SusanNamondo, UNHCR, UNFPA, UNICEF & WFP presented joint asks for 2026 — plus UNHCR's VolRep Appeal for Burundian refugees.

Real dialogue. Real needs. 🤝

[Mark Bryan Schreiner 🇺🇳 @MarkB_Schreiner]

Every woman deserves to give birth safely and with dignity.

Supporting safe and respectful birth is not just a health issue.

It is a matter of rights, dignity and equality.

Get all the facts from @UNFPA: https://t.co/CMq4RrwfqM

[UNFPA Tanzania @UNFPATanzania]

Ready to make a difference?

Join UNFPA Tanzania as an intern and contribute to improving lives.

Post: Family Planning & Maternal Health – Zanzibar

Apply here: https://t.co/z0O1ubwgDH

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

[Mark Bryan Schreiner 🇺🇳 @MarkB_Schreiner]

Did you know?
In East & Southern Africa, nearly 1/3 of young women are married before turning 18. This denies girls their bodily autonomy and futures.

We must end child marriage now.
#IWD2026 @UNFPA_ESARO

[UNFPA Tanzania @UNFPATanzania]

Women and girls must have equitable access to justice in order to exercise their most basic rights – including the right to make decisions about their own bodies, free from fear and discrimination.  

#ZeroGBV #EndHarmfulPractices #IWD2026 #UNFPAAction"

[Diene Keita @unfpachief]

Honoured to address the All Party Parliamentary Group on SRHR and members of the Foreign Affairs Committee in #Denmark.

Grateful for the support of strong parliamentary champions who advocate for rights and choices nationally and internationally, and make @UNFPA’s work possible.

[UNFPA Tanzania @UNFPATanzania]

Partnership in action.

Productive engagement with Hon. Mohammed Mchengerwa, Minister of Health, reaffirming strong partnership between @UNFPA & the Government of #Tanzania.

Advancing #SRHR priorities: #MaternalHealth, #FamilyPlanning & #AdolescentHealth — toward #Vision2050.

[Mark Bryan Schreiner 🇺🇳 @MarkB_Schreiner]

Ensuring no woman dies while giving life.

"Start with Her Gates Advocacy Project” kicks off today in #Tanzania 🇹🇿

Partnering with Ministry of Health to strengthen midwifery, secure essential commodities & drive policy shifts to improve maternal & newborn health.

#StartWithHer

[Diene Keita @unfpachief]

This week, I joined partners from across the @UN system to discuss how we can work together to advance and transform social development globally.

With data and demographic foresight, @UNFPA is championing a vision of opportunity and rights for all.

#CSocD64

[UNFPA East and Southern Africa @UNFPA_ESARO]

"I hid my pain because everyone said it was normal. But I knew it wasn't."

In Mara, Tanzania, FGM survivors are turning their scars into leadership. They aren't just telling their stories, they’re changing the law of the land. 🇹🇿

🔖 https://t.co/iA61pRKaU4

#SurvivorLeadership

[UNFPA Tanzania @UNFPATanzania]

On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we appreciate Finland for their steadfast commitment to leaving no one behind.

The One-Stop Centre in Kishapu is strengthening protection services and helping end GBV against women and girls with disabilities.