Tanzania – Supporting Emergency Medical Services

Tanzania – Supporting Emergency Medical Services

Paramedic service in Tanzania is a new profession, and its parameters are yet undefined there. The first college graduates of emergency services studies in Tanzania completed their education in 2013. With the construction help of the crucial public health sector, the PCPM Foundation coordinates a medical service support program in the Dar es Salaam region – the biggest and the most populated city in Tanzania.

Status: In progress

Time frame: August 2022 – December 2024

Name of the project: The support for the emergency medical sector in the Dar es Salaam region.

Main aims:

  1. Providing support to the medical sector.
  2. Supporting the education of paramedics in the Dar es Salaam region.

Our actions:

2022:

  • Purchase of first aid training manikins and other training aid equipment for medics from the emergency service sector of the training center under the supervision of Aga Khan hospital in Dar es Salaam,
  • Training for medical instructors (BLS – Basic Life Support; PTC – Primary Trauma Care),
  • First Aid training for witnesses of incidents on how to give first aid. Training mainly for fire-fighting staff.

2023:

  • Construction of a medical training center at the Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam
  • Purchase of a set of manikins and training aids for the medical training center at the Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam
  • Purchase and delivery of medical equipment to the emergency departments of 3 state hospitals in Dar es Salaam, 1 hospital in Mwanza and the Aga Khan hospital and 2 clinics in Dar es Salaam participating in the project
  • Medical instructor training in PTC – Primary Trauma Care; PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support; ACLS – Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support; BLS – Basic Life Support
  • Medical staff training in BLS – Basic Life Support; PTC – Primary Trauma Care; ACLS – Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support; PEARS – Pediatric Advanced Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization
  • First aid training for first responders at an accident scene (including firefighters)

2024

  • Delivery of equipment to emergency departments at various hospitals in Dar es Salaam, mostly government facilities. A smaller portion to Aga Khan Foundation hospitals and a training center at Mbagala Rangi Tatu Public Hospital.
  • Medical personnel training (BLS; ATLS; Primary Trauma Care; ACLS; PEARS – Pediatric Advanced Emergency Assessment, Recognition, and Stabilization; Obstetric emergency – emergency obstetrics training),
  • Training for eyewitnesses of an incident (for firefighters) – continuing training in basic and advanced life-saving techniques

Direct recipients of the assistance: 

  • 30 medical staff trainers from various Dar es Salaam facilities and 60 eyewitnesses to incidents (including firefighters and cab drivers)
  • Aga Khan Hospital and its two clinics in Dar es Salaam
  • ChanikaHelth Center in Dar es Salaam
  • Nyamagana District Hospital in Mwanza
  • Temeke Regional Referral Hospital in Dar es Salaam
  • Mwananyamala Regional Referral Hospital in Dar es Salaam

Indirect recipients of the assistance:

  • Residents of Tanzania’s largest city of more than 4 million, Dar es Salaam
  • Patients of the hospitals that will receive the medical equipment

Implementation area: Tanzania

Direct action: northern, central, southern, and western districts of Dar es Salaam

The Polish Development Assistance of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has financed PCPM’s project for 4,923,722 PLN.