Peace Without Poison

6 November 2014Jakaya KikwetePresident of Tanzaniaps@vpo.go.tz, km@vpo.go.tz, nje@nje.go.tzhttp://www.foreign.go.tz/mfaic/contactspnorick@vsinnovations.org, bnyoni@simbanet.net,dmtasiwa@yahoo.comMizengo PindaPrime Minister of Tanzaniaps@pmo.go.tz , tanzparl@parliament.go.tzhttp://www.moh.go.tz/index.php/contact-usPresident Kikwete and Prime Minister Pinda,Re: immediate cessation of covert depopulation measuresTanzania joined the Global Depopulation Policy in 1990 but did not get serious about it until thegovernment formulated the National Road Map Strategic Plan to Accelerate Reduction ofMaternal, Newborn and Child Deaths in Tanzania, 2008–2015 (One Plan), which “has set agoal to increase the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) from 20% to 60% by 2015, by makingquality family planning services more accessible to and equitable for all of Tanzania’s people”.The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) is in charge of Tanzania’s depopulationefforts, with help from USAID, Family Health International (FHI), as well as the UN and itsmany agencies and subsidiaries. As a result, the total fertility rate has decreased from 6.5children per woman prior to 1990 to 5.4 children today. The urban fertility rate, where thepeople’s reproductive systems can be more easily subverted through endocrine disruptorsinserted in food and beverages as well as through surgical sterilization and injectablecontraceptives administered coercively or involuntarily, the total fertility is at 3.7 children perwoman.Following the prescriptions of the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), aninternational meeting convened in 2013, Tanzania has also accelerated its 2011 initiatedPostpartum Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (PPIUCD) program in order to integrate the use ofintrauterine devices (IUD) into maternal health services to prevent births for up to 12 years withcopper IUCD 380-A devices.827 | P a g e