Samia: Tanzania targets 60 percent medical self-sufficiency by 2030
President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, swearing in Dr Grace Magembe as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health during a ceremony held at State House in Dar es Salaam on July 1, 2026. PHOTO | STATE HOUSE
Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tanzania has set a target of achieving 60 percent self-sufficiency in medicines and medical supplies by 2030, directing the newly appointed Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr Grace Magembe, to fast-track its implementation.
Speaking at State House, Magogoni, in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, during the swearing in of recently appointed senior government officials, President Hassan said the appointments come at the start of a new five-year development plan and the implementation of the National Development Vision 2050.
