Dar es Salaam, Sept. 16 -- VICE-  President Dr  Philip Mpango  has called upon  parents  to consider  advice from health  specialists  in order to avoid birth-related  effects, such as  mother and child deaths.

The VP made the remarks during the launch of a new maternal building at Sekou Toure Regional Referral Hospital this week that has been built at a  cost of 13bn/-.

He called upon nutrition stakeholders and various institutions to support the government efforts in providing nutrition education to expectant mothers for the safety of their pregnancies and deliver healthy children.

Dr Mpango also urged Mwanza residents and Tanzanians in general to shun misconceptions about some f...