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Medical Services for Remote Areas
Project code
: TZ022
Project period:
01/06/2006 to 31/12/2012
| Programme | Health | Funds needed | €300848.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania | People supported directly | 54000 |
| Project location | Northern Tanzania | People supported indirectly |
Flying Medical Service (FMS) is a comprehensive health programme which provides access to health care, emergency flights, health education and advocacy for 54,000 poor and marginalised people yearly in the north of Tanzania in cooperation with local, district and mission hospitals. In addition, capacity building of local medical staff is part of the FMS strategy.
Arusha Region with a population of 1.5 million people and Manyara Region with a population of 1.3 million people are both situated in Northern Tanzania. The Maasai communities in the Northern region are mostly nomadic pastoralists living from their cattle, small-time trade, tourism and agriculture. The per capita income of the Maasai is very low and below the ‘absolute poverty line'.
Both Arusha (rural) and Manyara have a low population density and the more rural districts have few medical facilities. The access to basic health care is often difficult, due to distances, bad access roads and/or high transport costs. Access to specialist services from the remote areas is almost impossible for people living below the poverty line.
The current health services are not sufficient, not accessible and not of good quality, the latter due to understaffing, low access to new medical information and irregular supply of medicine and other supplies. People in Tanzania generally are not aware of health issues like nutrition, basic hygiene, family planning and HIV/AIDS. Tanzanians strongly believe in witchcraft, herbal medicine and traditional healers.
FMS provides regular preventative and curative health services and health-related education services, facilitatess air transport for medical emergencies and provides transport for visiting medical specialists and paramedical staff.
FMS planes, two specially equipped Cessna 206 aircrafts are based at Arusha airport. FMS flies a regular 2-week schedule to 27 airstrips to vaccinate and treat people as close as possible to their home within the Arusha and Manyara Regions, remote areas that are far from regular health care facilities.