The date label on the baby said 12/07/2017, 10.48 am. She had been born just a few minutes before and weighed 3,6 kilograms. We had wrapped her in a kanga that her mother had brought with her to the hospital Continue reading What I saw in Africa
When we first arrived to the airport of Dar es Salaam, it was rainy and almost cold. But this was only the first unexpected incident in our 40-day-trip through Tanzania. Back in the cold and dark Finland, Michael Wilson held Continue reading Hamna Shida ‘n’ Stuff – PeerCorps Trust Fund Medical Internship in Tanzania, June 2014
My name is RM, I was raised in Dar es Salaam and where my parents were employed in the public sectors. Currently I am working as social welfare officer at the Muhimbili National Hospital. I am responsible for observing and Continue reading An injury narrative – a personal story sheds light on the silent epidemic of injury in Tanzania
Injuries are one of the top three causes of death for people between the ages of 5 and 44 worldwide. More than 90% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. In addition to the millions of deaths that Continue reading Injuries are preventable – but often neglected in global health efforts
Since the 1980s, the poverty rate has grown in the United States, Britain, and Canada—a trend that corresponds to the shift away from Keynesian economic models towards a new fabric of relations between the state and civil society. This new Continue reading Social Inequities Compound Health Care Issues – Contributed by Pieter de Vos
In a dimly lit back room of Tanzania’s radio headquarters, there is a forgotten trove of FM-radio gold stored on deteriorating magnetic tape. Thousands of hours of Swahili muziki wa dansi (dance music), Afro-jazz and rhumba, Arabic taarab (sung Swahili Continue reading Reviving the Radio Tanzania Archives: Digital Preservation, Development, and Cultural Heritage – Contributed by Rebecca Corey