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Medical expertise made in Tanzania

Since 2005, action medeor has also been based in Tanzania. Around 50 employees at three locations not only ship medicines, but also train healthcare workers and equip hospitals with essential laboratory devices that enable vital diagnoses. The necessary reagents for blood analysis machines are now even produced locally – a milestone for supply security in East Africa. These reagents no longer need to be imported expensively and time-consumingly from China.

Visible progress – but not everywhere

The work of action medeor is evident in many surrounding hospitals: treatment options and recovery chances for many people have improved, as medical shortages occur less frequently. And thanks to new laboratory know-how, faster and more precise diagnoses can now be made.

Nevertheless, there is still much to do, as Dr. Jonathan knows. He is a doctor at Huruma Hospital, an important medical facility to which more than 50 smaller health centers refer their severe cases. And all too often, there are more patients than he and his team can adequately treat.

Neema and Asha: Two premature babies, one bed

Neema and Asha (names changed) are born on the same day – both far too early. They must therefore share a single warming bed, where they are supplied with oxygen. Nothing unusual in itself – if Neema didn’t have a contagious pneumonia that could be deadly for Asha’s weakened immune system. However, Dr. Jonathan has no free bed available to separate them: “I only had bad options,” he recalls. “Without the support of the bed, they would have had almost no chance of survival. I decided to keep both babies in one bed – and hoped that both would make it.”

Such decisions are ones he must make regularly, says Dr. Jonathan. His hospital still lacks essential medical equipment needed to prevent such extreme situations. Yet no doctor should ever have to make such choices. That’s why action medeor still has much work to do – in Tanzania as well.

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