Tag Archives: Health Awareness

Saifee Hospital Tanzania and Project Rise host kidney health awareness & screening camp in Dar es Salaam

Saifee Hospital and Project Rise came together to host a kidney health awareness camp in Dar es Salaam

Saifee Hospital Tanzania, in collaboration with Project Rise, a Dawoodi Bohra philanthropic initiative, set up a Kidney health Awareness & screening Camp at Mwinjuma Grounds in the Mwananyamala ward of Dar es Salaam. The camp was organised on March 8 which is marked globally as World Kidney Day.  Over 500 individuals between the ages of…

A United Front Against Diabetes in Tanzania

The Dawoodi Bohras of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam work with the government to promote diabetes prevention awareness on World Diabetes Day.

Over 537 million adults around the world are living with diabetes. Tanzania, one of the world’s fastest-growing countries, is experiencing the worst of Africa’s diabetes epidemic, with the World Health Organisation reporting a 12.3% age-adjusted prevalence in Tanzanian adults, the highest in Africa for that category. In recognition of this critical public health crisis and…