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 of Pediatrics to address mortality rates worldwide

• This past visit we taught the course to over 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