The mobile clinic launches in Tanzania

For people living in the remote communities of the Malinyi District, healthcare is largely inaccessible. The greatest obstacles are the long distances and a lack of financial resources to pay for transport to the nearest health centre. Most people are farmers but they barely grow enough to feed their own families. Poverty and a lack of access to prevention, early detection and treatment of diseases are affecting the health of the whole population. 

This is why SolidarMed is supporting the district health authorities in making basic primary healthcare accessible in these regions. A mobile clinic has been doing the rounds in particularly remote communities since late September. These specially-converted off-road vehicles are already in operation in the mountains of Lesotho, where they have proven very effective. The mobile clinic in Tanzania, which is financed by the Polarlys Foundation, is also furnished with essential equipment and medicines. It offers services for pregnant women, new mothers and toddlers, as well as diagnosis and treatment for patients with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and non-communicable diseases. It benefits some 25,000 adults, the same number of adolescents, and 18,000 children and newborn babies