In 1964, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba joined to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

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However, the meeting last week in Pemba indicated that this could actually be possible.

FORBES: Producing Gas and Protecting Biodiversity in Mozambique

They then used it to diagnose intestinal worms in about 200 students in Pemba Island, off Tanzania's eastern coast.

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Yet last week in Pemba in a kick-off workshop on a new Fair Coasts Initiative set up by IUCN, there was a surprising amount of optimism.

FORBES: Producing Gas and Protecting Biodiversity in Mozambique

Last week I was in Pemba, a sleepy port town in northern Mozambique, which is waking up quickly to the large scale gas development underway in the region.

FORBES: Producing Gas and Protecting Biodiversity in Mozambique

Now, once a quarter, the health ministry flies the vaccines--for tuberculosis, measles, diphtheria and other diseases--to Cabo Delgado's capital, Pemba, where they're stored at the proper temperature in a warehouse.

FORBES: The Last Mile

The vaccines are picked up each month by the ten-member Pemba staff of VillageReach, which, in four Toyota Land Cruiser trucks, distributes them in temperature-controlled containers to rural clinics around the province.

FORBES: The Last Mile