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Gone...
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...
Almost 100 researchers and PhD students at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania are next in line to take part in a science communication training programme from SciDev.Net funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
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Only 10 out of 300 health workers who sat...
In Summary
‘I want to be a role model’, says Tanzania’s first female physician
Trust in women doctors has increased in past 50 years
Access to healthcare remains a challenge for women in Tanzania
When she became Tanzania’s first female...
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...
If not for a friendship card that he exchanged with a newly found pal, Mr Paul Aloyce says he could have missed a clinic appointment—and so his dose of life-saving medication, putting his health at risk.
“That day I had...
Tanzania's private pharmaceutical market is projected to grow higher, with the majority of imports known to come from India, says a study.
Researchers analysed data on the sector’s market size, growth and share, therefore predicting its growth increase by 28%...
It's 8pm and Mr. Anon is wheeled into the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at a private hospital in Dar es-Salaam. He is unconscious, and isn’t breathing well.
The nurse on duty – Sister Emous, receives Anon and connects him to...
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...