Professor Esther Mwaikambo, now aged 83, released a book recently, titled: The Tanzania Woman Of Many Firsts. That’s why MedicoPRESS is updating this article, published back in September 2017 when the-highly-celebrated-professor was presented a distinguished award for being Tanzania’s...
Past modelling shows 50% may not be practising medicine by 2025
Some doctors say there is more creativity in private sector such as NGOs, than public sector
Researchers call for innovative ways to retain medical doctors in practice
The...
The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is beginning to reclaim its lost glory. It was the first university in Tanzania to offer a medical degree, way back in 1968 but almost 40 years later, the varsity stopped producing...
For many years in Tanzania, eggs have been touted as some of the most nutritious foods, however, according to Professor Japhet Killewo, a renowned epidemiologist, eating eggs must not go unchecked. He uses this scenario and many others in...
A social media post went viral on WhatsApp recently, leaving people wondering if oral HIV-self testing kits are now commercially available in pharmacies across Tanzania. Not many people were able to explain the post, not even the medics—except a...
You’ve visited the hospital with a nagging swelling on your skin. Your doctor suggests that a small part of the swelling will be sliced off so that a specialist can examine it and establish what you are actually suffering...
Clinicians have been urged to consider recommending a COVID-19 test for patients who happen to be diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)—a potentially life-threatening illness that develops when a person’s immune system attacks their own nerves.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome is often triggered...
When you find an Assistant Medical Officer(AMO) doing a job of a doctor, “that means task shifting,’’ says Professor David Mwakusya a veteran scientist and former Minister of Health, in a documentary featuring the weaknesses and strengths of AMOs...
When I graduated from medical school as a doctor about a decade ago, I knew for sure that I was entering the world of medical practice as a novice, with so much ahead of me to learn—and that’s the...
Fifteen years after it was hived off from the University of Dar es Salaam—where it was a constituent college—now the full-fledged varsity, the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), is rated higher in world university rankings compared...