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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.
What goes on in the ICU: A Tanzanian nurse’s perspective
It’s 8pm and Mr. Anon is wheeled into the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at a private hospital in…
Why the future is digital for pathologists in Tanzania
You’ve visited the hospital with a nagging swelling on your skin. Your doctor suggests that a small part…
Why UDSM revived medical degree programme
The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is beginning to reclaim its lost glory. It was the first…
Tanzania: Why This Pharma Laboratory Sets Standards For Africa
Have you ever doubted the accuracy of the ‘500mg’ or ‘250mg’ written on some tablets to signify the…
What clinicians must know about COVID-19 and Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Clinicians have been urged to consider recommending a COVID-19 test for patients who happen to be diagnosed with…
Opportunity for Tanzanian scientists to communicate and excel through MedicoVoices &MwanaSayansi
The knowledge or innovative project idea you generate through research or ideation must help policy makers and the…
Publishing conditions set for Masters, PHD scholars in Tanzania’s new university guidelines
Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) has unveiled new standards and guidelines for university education,…
Post-internship exams for young doctors in Tanzania put on plan
For the first time in Tanzania, graduates of medicine and dentistry who are being posted for a one…
MUHAS epidemiologist targets ‘wicked health problems’ in latest scholarly work
For many years in Tanzania, eggs have been touted as some of the most nutritious foods, however, according…
How to help young researchers succeed in Africa
In Ifakara, a small rural town of Kilombero District, Morogoro Region, south central Tanzania, a team of young…