BRINGING TELEMEDICINE AND ICT TO SHIRATI

In 2012 Tanzania’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare wrote the National eHealth Strategy to encourage the use of technology in hospitals throughout the country, but most of the advancements only came to urban centers of healthcare. Now Shirati is working with Luke Maillie, an undergraduate from the University of Notre Dame, to try and increase the… Continue reading BRINGING TELEMEDICINE AND ICT TO SHIRATI

IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTHCARE

Millennium Development Goal (MDG) number five called for drastic improvements in maternal healthcare. Tanzania saw some improvements over the past fifteen years, but there is still much left to do. Now, Dr. Chirangi, Shirati Hospital’s Director, is starting to combat problems in maternal healthcare head on. He is beginning to pursue his PhD focused on… Continue reading IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTHCARE