Medical Stores Department (MSD)

Medical Stores Department (MSD) MSD is annually audited by CAG and has fully-fledged competent internal audit Unit that oversees internal controls effectiveness.

Medical Stores Department (MSD) was established by the Act of Parliament No.13 of 1993 as an autonomous department under the Ministry of Health, responsible for developing, maintaining and managing an efficient and cost effective system of procurement, storage and distribution of approved medicines and medical supplies required for use by the public health services as the Ministry of Health may fr

om time to time approve. Board of Trustees is the highest decision-making body that governs and set the directions of MSD on behalf of the Minister for Health, The Board composed of nine(9) members appointed every three years. The Chairman appointed by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, eight (8) members are appointed by the Minister responsible for health.The Board is comprising of a multidisciplinary team including eminent public servants, scientists, practicing medical doctors, lawyers, accountants, professors and renowned economists. To implement its responsibilities the Board operates through three committees namely; Audit and Risk Management Committee that provides the management with accurate information on the effectiveness of risk management and internal controls including regulatory compliance by the Department; Technical Services Committee that handles all matters related to quality of medicines and medical supplies together with management expired medicines. Finance and Administration Committee tha is mandated in handling all matters related to MSD Financial Management, Human Resources Management and Administrative functions of the Department. The Board delegates the day to day management of the department operations to Director General who is appointed by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania. The administrative functions and operations of Department are carried by and through the Executive Management Team (EMT).The EMT is constituted by the Director General, Director of Human Resources and Administration, Director of Finance and Planning, Director of Logistics, Director of Procurement, Director of Information and Communication Technology, Director of Customer Service and Zonal Operations as well as Chief Legal Counsel. The departnment operates through eight zonal stores in Dar-es-salaam, Mwanza, Iringa,Moshi,Mbeya,Tabora, Dodoma and Mtwara suppoted by two Sales Points in Tanga and Muleba.

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Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania limepitisha bajeti ya Wizara ya Afya ya Shilingi trilioni 1.8 kwa mwaka wa fedha 2026/27, ikiwa ni hatua muhimu katika kuendelea kuimarisha huduma za afya nchini.

Bajeti hiyo iliyowasilishwa na Waziri wa Afya, 𝐌𝐑𝐞. 𝐌𝐨𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐜𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚 (𝐌𝐁), inalenga kuongeza ubora wa huduma za afya, upatikanaji wa dawa na vifaa tiba, kuendeleza miundombinu ya hospitali pamoja na kusogeza huduma bora kwa wananchi katika maeneo mbalimbali nchini.

Kati ya fedha zilizopitishwa, Shilingi trilioni 1.148 sawa na asilimia 64 zitaelekezwa kwenye miradi ya maendeleo huku Shilingi bilioni 652.236 zikitumika kwa matumizi ya kawaida ya wizara hiyo.

Aidha, kupitia bajeti hiyo serikali itaendelea kusimamia maboresho makubwa katika sekta ya afya ikiwemo ujenzi wa hospitali, vituo vya afya, upatikanaji wa wataalamu pamoja na kuimarisha huduma za kibingwa na ubingwa bobezi nchini.

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Naibu Waziri wa Afya Dkt Samizi, akibainisha juhudi za serikali katika kupunguza vifo vya mama na mtoto, kwa kujenga wodi na ununuzi wa vifaa tiba kupitia MSD.

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Vipaumbele vya Wizara ya Afya 2026/2027
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Vipaumbele vya Wizara ya Afya 2026/2027

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KAMATI YA BUNGE YAISHAURI SERIKALI KUTOA BILIONI 300 KUIWEZESHA MSD

KAMATI YA BUNGE YAISHAURI SERIKALI KUTOA BILIONI 300 KUIWEZESHA MSDKamati ya Kudumu ya Bunge ya Afya na Masuala ya UKIMW...
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KAMATI YA BUNGE YAISHAURI SERIKALI KUTOA BILIONI 300 KUIWEZESHA MSD

Kamati ya Kudumu ya Bunge ya Afya na Masuala ya UKIMWI imeishauri Serikali kutenga zaidi ya shilingi bilioni 300 kwa ajili ya kuiwezesha Bohari ya Dawa (MSD), hatua inayolenga kuhakikisha upatikanaji wa dawa na vifaa tiba unaendelea kuwa wa uhakika kwa hospitali na vituo vya afya nchini.

Ushauri huo umetolewa bungeni na Makamu Mwenyekiti wa Kamati hiyo, Dkt. Zeyana Abdallah Mei 11, 2026 jijini Dodoma wakati akiwasilisha maoni ya Kamati kuhusu Makadirio ya Mapato na Matumizi ya Wizara ya Afya kwa mwaka wa fedha 2026/27.

Dkt. Zeyana ameitaka Serikali kuongeza uwekezaji katika mifumo ya kinga pamoja na kuzijengea uwezo taasisi zake ili kuongeza ufanisi wa utoaji wa huduma za afya, hatua inayokwenda sambamba na Dira ya Taifa ya Maendeleo 2050, Ilani ya CCM 2025–2030 na Malengo ya Maendeleo Endelevu ya mwaka 2030.

Katika eneo la rasilimali watu, Kamati imeishauri Serikali kuendelea kutoa vibali vya ajira kwa kada zenye upungufu mkubwa katika vituo vya kutolea huduma za afya, huku ikisisitiza ajira hizo zitolewe kwa kuzingatia mahitaji halisi ya taasisi pamoja na kuwapa kipaumbele wataalam wanaojitolea katika hospitali mbalimbali nchini.

β€œTunaitaka Serikali kuongeza ufadhili wa masomo kwa wataalam wa afya ili kupata mafunzo ya ubingwa na ubingwa bobezi ndani na nje ya nchi, hatua itakayo ongeza wataalam wenye ujuzi wa hali ya juu katika sekta ya afya” amesema Dkt. Zeyana.

Pamoja na ushauri huo, Kamati imeipongeza Serikali kwa maboresho makubwa yanayoendelea kufanyika kwenye sekta ya afya ikiwemo kuanza kwa utekelezaji wa Sheria ya Bima ya Afya kwa Wote, kuimarisha Hospitali za Rufaa za Mikoa na Kanda pamoja na mpango wa ujenzi wa Hospitali mpya ya Taifa ya Muhimbili.

Makamu mwenyekiti huyo ameonesha kuridhishwa na hatua ya Serikali kuendelea kununua vifaa tiba vya kisasa k**a mashine za PET CT Scan, MRI, Angio Suite na Mammography, hatua inayochangia kupunguza rufaa za wagonjwa kwenda nje ya nchi

Address

Off, Nyerere Road, Keko Mwanga
Dar Es Salaam
9081

Opening Hours

Monday 07:30 - 15:30
Tuesday 07:30 - 15:30
Wednesday 07:30 - 15:30
Thursday 07:30 - 15:30
Friday 07:30 - 15:30

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