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Welcome to Africa!

Presented by the 2016 Tanzania Global Health Students

Overview

• 3 weeks of shadowing/hands on experience in Shirati

District Hospital located in Shirati, Tanzania

• Different wards include: Male/Female Ward, Peds

Ward, Surgery, OB/GYN, Path lab, HIV Outreach, Outpatient, Physical Therapy, Radiology

• Most common patient complaints: Malaria,

Schistosomiasis, Pneumonia, TB, HIV, UTI, Trauma, etc.

Logistics

• Date of program: June
• Fly from US to Nairobi, Kenya
• Airfare: $1200-1700 roundtrip
• Meet up with other Touro students and stay in Mennonite

Guest House

• Drive from Nairobi to Shirati all day (~12 hr drive)
• Stay in Shirati for 3 weeks
• Lodging + food: $25-30 per night from Bishop or SHED

Hostel

• Shadow various departments during weekdays
• Community outreach during weekend
• Optional Safari Trip to Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater
• Total cost: $2500-4500

Nairobi, Kenya

• Meeting point for all the students
• Room and board provided by

Mennonite Guest House (~$60 night)

• Explore the city before you start

the real work!

• Nairobi National Park
• Nairobi Market

Opportunities in Shirati

• Rotate through various wards: Men’s,

Women’s, Peds, Maternity, Outpatient, Surgery, Physical Therapy, Radiology, etc.

• Community health outreach
• Helping Babies Breath
• Masonga Village Screening and Treatment
• HIV Outreach
• Learn about Tanzanian culture in the

hospital and the community

Shirati Hospital

• Great opportunity to see infectious

diseases you learned in the classroom

• Allowed to scrub in and assist in

surgeries!

• Allowed to assist with delivering babies!
• Interesting cases we saw:
• Malaria, Schistosomiasis, TB, HIV,

Pneumonia, Spleen Rupture, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Burkitt’s Lymphoma, Leprosy Amputation

Room and Board

• SHED Hostel
• $30 a night for food and accommodations
• Shared rooms
• Slightly further from hospital but more spacious
• Laundry included
• Bishop Hostel
• $25 a night for food and accommodations
• Single room
• Closer to the hospital
• Laundry not included

Helping Babies Breathe

• Neonatal resuscitation course

developed by the American Academy

• f Pediatrics to address mortality rates

worldwide

• This past visit we taught the course to
• ver 50 nursing students in Shirati

Hospital!

• 2 sessions, each 2 hours long
• Project leaders needed!
• Contact Sundeep if interested!

Masonga Health Outreach

• Traveled to nearby village of Masonga (~15

mins away by car)

• Screened and treated over 100 participants

for Hypertension, Diabetes, Malaria, Schistomiasis risk

• Need lots of money for equipment, staff, and

medications so start fundraising early!

• Lots of planning involved so don’t

procrastinate

• Project leaders needed!
• Contact Mohammad, Jonathan, Paras, and

Zishan if interested!

Activities Outside the Hospital

• Lake Victoria
• Hike to Oboke Mountain
• Monday Market
• Observe Traditional Medicine

Fundraising

• Ideally the Outreach needs about

$2000

• Fundraiser Ideas: Silent Auction, The

Habit Fundraiser, Class BBQ, GoFundMe, etc.

• Shirati Hospital is always in need of

stethoscopes, BP Cuffs, other equipment so any donations are appreciated!

• Contact Adam Freeman or Trusha

Shah for logistics on setting up the silent auction or Habit fundraiser!

Optional Safari

• Two options:
• Dr. Mahmoud’s 7 day safari which includes:

Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Zanzibar Island

• ~$2400 for full trip
• Misele Safari: 3 day safari which includes:

Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater

• ~$900 for full trip
• Both are great options: 1st one is more expensive

but you have a chance to see Zanzibar Island resort and stay in luxury hotels. 2nd trip is more “budget- friendly” and flexible

Questions?

• Contact any one of these second years!
• Sundeep Bekal
• Adam Freeman
• Mohammad Khorsand
• Zishan Mohsin
• Paras Savla
• Shiree Segev
• Trusha Shah
• Jonathan Shaked
• Abraham Williams