Clusters of Communicable Diseases in Selected Regions of Tanzania

All around the world, particularly in Africa, communicable diseases become a challenge to the public health system. Understanding the interactions and dynamics between multiple diseases that share resources, time, and geography is essential, especially in contexts where resources are scarce. This study is a beginning in Tanzania to assess the communicable disease clusters in selected regions so as to make precautions and awareness among peoples and health worker community to prevent the diseases. Four diseases: Influenza, Urinary Tract Infection, Diarrhea, and Malaria depends on its mode of transmission:-vector, person-to-person contact, oral contact and airborne contact-respectively were considered for the study. The study includes six zones:- Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Mbeya, Mtwara, and Mwanza for the period of 2020 to 2021. Statistical tools like discriminant analysis and cluster analysis pinpointed the risky age groups with multiple diseases on specified regions. The study exposed that the elders in Arusha, Mbeya, and Mtwara were at risk, whilst the childhood in Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, and the infants in Mwanza are also risky.