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AKHS leads public-private partnership targeting cancer in Tanzania

The Aga Khan Health Services in Tanzania leads the Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project (TCCP), a 38 billion Tanzania Shilling, four-year project jointly funded by the Agence française de développement and Aga Khan Development Network through the Aga Khan Foundation in Tanzania. TCCP aims at reducing the burden of cancer morbidity and mortality in 13 districts of Dar es Salaam and Mwanza through an innovative public-private collaboration.

Aga Khan Health Services in Tanzania launches first digital health app

On 4 February, Aga Khan Health Services in Tanzania launched “PIGIA DAKTARI APP”, a new tele-medicine mobile app for android phones that helps Tanzanians access specialist care safely – in both urban and remote areas – from the comfort of their homes. The app is available for download in the Google Play Store. 

AKDN hands Sh1.5bn health equipment to Mwanza region

On 22 December in Tanzania, the AKDN handed over medical equipment and furniture worth Sh1.5 billion that would improve provision of maternal and newborn health service and reduce morbidity and mortality in the Mwanza Region. Aga Khan Health Services Regional CEO, Sulaiman Shahabuddin, said the equipment would be secured in 28 buildings built to different health centres within the region.

Covid-19 Heroine: Dr. Winnie Kitetu

Dr. Winnie Kitetu, Clinical Psychologist in Residence at the Aga Khan Hospital, Mombasa, Kenya, writes that the Covid-19 pandemic and measures imposed to curb the spread of the disease have had a significant impact on mental health, prompted by bereavement, loneliness, substance abuse, and domestic violence. Dr. Kitetu is using her expertise to support women and families during the pandemic with remote counseling via phone or video. She offers guidance on dealing with domestic abuse, parenting through the pandemic, and keeping loneliness at bay during lockdown orders.

Aga Khan Hospital opens one-stop centre

In Tanzania, the Aga Khan Hospital has established a single stop clinic which provides all necessary treatment and awareness creation about diabetes in one centre. According to the hospital’s internal medicine physician Samina Somji, patients will get all necessary services at the centre and save cost and time. "The patients meet a physician, dietician, diabetes educator, an ophthalmologist and also get tests in that single clinic. This saves costs and time," Dr. Somji said.

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