Once completed the state-of-the-art cancer care centre at Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam will enable a considerable portion of needy cancer patients to treat their disease with welfare support.
“Our institutions contribute to and positively help impact the health of over a million people in Tanzania every year...The new centre will work with government health facilities, to provide welfare support to needy patients.”
“Statistics are alarmingly high and as a country we need to make immediate measures to control the situation. Strengthening health education, early screening and treatment is key for the control of cancer in Tanzania.”
The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam laid the foundation stone for its state-of-the-art cancer care centre, which upon completion in March 2024 is expected to provide 1.7 million Tanzanians with better screening, early diagnosis and quality treatment.
Dental care is hard to come by for families in Chitral, so the Aga Khan Health Services and Noor Dental Clinic teamed up to bring it to their villages, undertaking 1,500 procedures in 10 days.
When baby Shavez was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, AKU Hospital applied for him to be one of 100 patients per year – and the first in Pakistan – to receive free gene therapy from Novartis.
During the COVID-19 pandemic our agencies and their partners have worked with millions of people in India to help them understand that simple investments in hygiene can be life-saving.
When he wasn’t speaking the parents of two-year-old Danyal brought their son to the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam for a check-up and found that he had severe hearing loss. This led the hospital to perform its first cochlear implant surgery.
AKU’s Dr Miriam Mutebi, Kenya’s first female breast cancer surgeon, reflects on how stigma, costs and inadequate training prevent patients from getting the care they need, and how to change this.
Meet three of the women working with the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme to help their communities understand the psychological impact of COVID-19 and improve their mental health.