Status and visions for the school health service as reported by local health care workers in Northern Tanzania.

Objective: The World Health Organization's (WHO) Global School Health Initiative provides a strategy to utilize schools to promote health and reduce the burden of diseases worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate local school health work in Tanzania in relation to existing national guidelines and the WHO initiative.

Methods: We interviewed 30 health care workers employed at 15 health institutions throughout Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions.