Managing Motherhood, Managing Risk: Fertility and Danger in West Central Tanzania

List of Abbreviations

Abbreviations MCH Maternal and child health TBA Traditional birth attendant TSH Tanzanian shilling UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNFPA United Nations Population Fund (formerly United Nations Fund for Population Activities) UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund WHO World Health Organization A Note on the Buying Power of the Tanzanian Shilling When I began my ‹eldwork in July 1992, one U.S. dollar was equivalent to 385 Tanzanian shillings. By the end of my ‹eldwork two years later in July 1994, one U.S. dollar bought 500 Tanzanian shillings. The of‹cial government minimum wage in 1992 was 5,000 TSH per month. In the last six months of my ‹eldwork, this minimum wage was doubled to 10,000 TSH. To give a sense of how some of the health-care costs listed throughout this book translate into local economic terms, below I provide a list of the approximate costs of some basic food and nonfood items. Prices of some of the food items ›uctuated from 1992 through 1994 according to their availability and quality. Kilo of meat 350–400 TSH Kilo of beans 150–200 TSH One chicken 300–600 TSH Kilo of peanuts 200–300 TSH Kilo of corn or millet ›our 150–200 TSH Kilo of rice 200–300 TSH Meal at local food establishment 200–400 TSH Liter of milk 50–100 TSH Bottled beer 300–400 TSH Bottled soft drink 150–200 TSH Liter of kerosine 150–200 TSH Liter of gasoline 190–320 TSH Bus fare of one-hour trip 400–500 TSH Bicycle 25,000–30,000 TSH xxii Abbreviations Fig. 1. Map of Tanzania. (From UNEP/GRID. Map created by Tsering Wangyal Shawa.) ...