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The COVID-19 pandemic was considered a national emergency in Tanzania, which required an urgent and effective response. The pandemic brought about an urgent need for a coordinated response to meet the needs of the pandemic since it cut across many sectors in the country. As a result of this, Tanzania established a COVID-19 response governance structure that had coordination at its core to facilitate prompt decision making necessary during the pandemic. Read more here.