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Partners

How we Facilitate our Partners

CHT forms strategic partnerships and alliances with health-care service providers and parent-support groups to achieve its core objectives that are mainly concerned with providing a better life for children with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus in Tanzania, and will extend its wings for cooperation to all kinds of organizations that can contribute to its mission.

Some of our achievements from these partnerships include:

  • Improved supply of medical and surgical materials such as Shunts, Catheters, Oxybutynin, ETV Machines, Ultrasound machines and Sanitary ware to hospitals and care centers.
  • Support to the ‘Houses of Hope’ in Mwanza, Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam and other projects in Tanzania.
  • Coordinate training and coaching programs such as Continence Management, transit homes (HoH) management, medical training, etc.
  • Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus awareness and advocacy in collaboration with parent associations.
  • Fundraising for Children with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.

 

National Partners (Health-Care Service Providers)

Dar es Salaam:

Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) is an autonomous Institute established through an Act of Parliament No 7 of 1996 with the main objective of providing  high-quality, equitable, affordable and accessible services in the field of Orthopaedics, Traumatology, and Neurosurgery. Furthermore, MOI offers Research and training/ capacity building on how to provide the best services to the community.

Mwanza:

Bugando Medical Centre (BMC) is a tertiary referral, consultant, and teaching Hospital in the Lake and Western zones of the United Republic of Tanzania. It is located along the shores of Lake Victoria in the City of Mwanza. It is a referral hospital for specialized and super specialized services in Cardiothoracic, Oncology, Cardiothoracic, ENT, Urology, Ophthalmology, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Pediatric Surgery, Nephrology, Oncology, Surgical Gastroenterologist, Dermatology, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Oral Maxillofacial, and radiology diagnostic equipment including MRI, Mammography, CT-Scan, Fluoroscopy and Ultra-Sound.

Moshi:

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) is one among the four Zonal Consultant hospitals in Tanzania. It was formally established in 1971 as a Zonal Referral Consultant hospital. The referral hospital was established in order to serve the northern, eastern and central zone of Tanzania in order provide accessible, reliable and people-centered high-quality clinical and super-specialized health care services, training and research outputs.

Manyara:

Haydom Lutheran Hospital  (HLH) is among the Faith-Based Hospitals (FBOs) that has been upgraded to a referral hospital, located in the Mnayara region 400km from Arusha, and serves 7 districts in 4 regions.  Their practice areas include primary health services, diagnostic services , medical and surgical services.

Mbeya:

Lutheran Hospital  (HLH) is among the Faith-Based Hospitals (FBOs) that has been upgraded to a referral hospital, located in the Mnayara region 400km from Arusha, and serves 7 districts in 4 regions.  Their practice areas include primary health services, diagnostic services , medical and surgical services.


 

National Partners (Parent-Support Groups)

Dar es Salaam:

Zanzibar:

 


 

International Partners (Child-Help International Divisions)

Child-Help Tanzania creates awareness in the Global North on the situation of children and adults with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus in Tanzania. . Child-Help Tanzania is one of the five divisions of Child-Help International, other divisions being Child-Help Belgium, Child-Help France, Child-Help Germany and Child-Help Netherlands. Child-Help International divisions therefore build centers of expertise on special care for children and adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in the Global South including Tanzania.

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