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CPD aims to ensure that, post-graduation, healthcare workers have the capacity to practice safely, effectively, and competently to meet changing societal healthcare needs–advances in medicine, revised scopes of practice (task sharing), and emerging health conditions.
Being A Psychiatrist In Tanzania: Retired Dr. Mbwambo’s Journey
Dr. Jessie Mbwambo, 66, a renowned psychiatrist in Tanzania has retired after working at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH)…
No Money To Pay Medical Interns, Says Museveni
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has said the government has no sufficient money to support medical interns during their…
Zanzibar: Initiative Seeks To Upskill Emergency, Critical Care Service Providers
Emergency and critical care providers across the Indian Ocean Archipelago are set to boost their skills and improve…
Tanzania: Exam Leak Forces 1,330 Nursing Students To Resit
The Tanzania Nursing and Midwifery Council (TNMC) has invalidated the registration and licensing exam results for all 1,330…
How Practitioners Can Secure Tanzania’s Traditional Medicine Potential
As our country moves toward a holistic healthcare system that cherishes the power of our ancestral knowledge, traditional…
Pharmacy Council Overwhelmed? Government Eyes TMDA For Inspections
Despite its lean staff of less than 100 and limited geographical reach, the Pharmacy Council (PC) is tasked…
Plight Of Medical Interns In East Africa
A new study has found that medical interns, an important workforce providing first-line healthcare services in hospitals, are…
How MUHAS Rose To Clinch Top Position In East & Central Africa
Fifteen years after it was hived off from the University of Dar es Salaam—where it was a constituent…
WHO announces updates on new class of tests to diagnose TB
The World Health Organisation has announced updates on new Tuberculosis antigen-based skin tests for the diagnosis of TB…
Plight of Tanzanian Medical Students Evacuated From Ukraine
Ms Fidesta Swai is safe at home in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania after being evacuated from Ukraine where she…