At St. Walburg’s Hospital in rural southern Tanzania, thousands of patients are treated every month who would otherwise have no access to healthcare. The Artemed Stiftung supports the hospital in fulfilling this important task. Every month, we receive a detailed report from the hospital management about the activities and development of our cooperation. Here is the information for the month of December.

Patient numbers:

From our specialist groups:

In the area of gynecology, work was carried out on the feasibility and implementation of cervical screening and packages of measures were defined.

Community Health Project:

As part of the community health project, 837 children were vaccinated in December. The mobile clinic visited three villages (MTUA-LONGA, MTAKUJA, NYANGAO A) and 103 infants under the age of 5 were examined. Anemia was diagnosed in 22 and moderate to severe malnutrition in 20. During the visits, 98 women were also taught about proper nutrition. A uterine cancer screening was carried out for 96 women. One patient with abnormal findings was referred to St. Walburg’s Hospital , where she can now be treated.

During the visits to the villages, Joanneema Laiser also continued her educational work on the rights of young girls and women. GBV - Gender-Based Violence - was once again a focal point this time. In addition to the general events, individual discussions were held with those affected, they were shown ways of resisting violence and offered help.