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According to the Health Facilities Register, maintained by the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children there were 8,497 medical care facilities in the country, 62% of them public. As of 2020, there are 337 hospitals listed in the register. [3]
The Health Sector Strategic Plan III (2009–15) is guided by the Vision 2015 [2] and guides planning for health facilities. [3] The Big Results Now (BRN) was copied from the Malaysian Model of Development and placed health as a key national result area and mainly was for priority setting, focused planning and efficient resource use. [4]
In 2018, Nigeria had the largest number of hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa, with 879. Other countries in this region with large numbers of hospitals include Democratic Republic of Congo (435), Kenya (399) and South Africa (337).
The Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elders and Children is a government ministry of Tanzania. It deals with health policy , community development , gender and policy related to the elderly and children.
President Jakaya Kikwete in May 2014 appealed to health workers in Tanzania to ensure that lives of women and children are not at risk during delivery. [20] In Tanzania, two thirds of women give birth in their own homes, because there are very few health facilities within reach that can provide life-saving emergency services. [21]
The Ministry of Health is a government ministry of Tanzania. Its central offices are located in Dodoma . Its mission is to "facilitate the provision of basic health services that are good, quality, equitable, accessible, affordable, sustainable[,] and gender-sensitive".
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Muhimbili National Hospital (Hospitali ya Taifa ya Muhimbili, in Swahili) is a 1500-bed public teaching hospital located in Upanga West ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. It is the national referral hospital as well as academic and research facility for the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. It offers ...