Table 3.

A sample of district health priorities published on the notice boards

Intervention	Activity	Sources of funds
		Block grants	Basket funds
	To conduct 36 monthly outreach clinics by 36 health workers	150,000	4,320,000
Reproductive and Child health	To conduct nine monthly mobile clinics by four health workers		5,940,000
	To conduct training on IMCI for 20 health workers for 14 days		10,085,400
Non- communicable diseases	To procure drugs/supplies for treatment of diabetes, hypertension, injuries		5,354,000
	To procure equipment for non-communicable diseases		7,040,000
	To conduct training for three clinicians on emergency oral health care for ten days		2,204,000
	To procure two emergency extraction forceps and two pressure cookers/autoclaves		330,000
Other diseases	To conduct distribution of zithromax drugs and other supplies/equipments for trachoma mass treatment once per year	575,000
	To conduct training for two days on zithromax treatment		6,237,000
	To collect two water and food samples twice per year for laboratory analysis in Dar es Salaam		3,320,000
Health promotion	To collect and dispose of solid waste from six refuse bays	3,480,000
	To conduct a village health competition on environmental health sanitation (5/6/2009) in 80 villages		4,260,000
	To conduct training in 30 health facilities about ILS & forecasting and quantification of medicine for three days	4,054,200
Organisation	To pay extra duty allowance to 20 staff monthly	10,800,000
	To conduct a district health forum for health staff, two times per year for five days		12,271,000