Abstract
The WellShare International Tanzania Child Survival Project (CSP) was implemented from 2007-2011 in 48 villages of Karatu District, one of six districts in Arusha Region, northern Tanzania. The goal of the project was to improve the health of 53,038 infants and children under the age of five and 53,038 women of reproductive age (WRA) focusing on five interventions: maternal and newborn care (35%); prevention and treatment of malaria (20%); control of diarrheal disease (15%); pneumonia case management (15%); and child spacing (15%). The goal of the MIHV (now WellShare) Tanzania Child Survival Project was to improve the health of infants and children under the age of five and women of reproductive age in Karatu District, with special attention to children under the age of two years. The project used a phasedin approach to implementing interventions in the district.