Author/Authors :
Sawe, Hendry R. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania , Mwafongo , Victor G. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania , Rojo , Elizabeth M. Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania , Obogo, Marwa Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania , Mfinanga, Juma A. Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania , Kulola , Irene Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania , George , Upendo Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Abstract :
On September 2016, Dar es Salaam – the commercial capital of
Tanzania – hosted the first, ever Tanzanian conference on Emer-
gency Medicine with the theme: State of Emergency Medicine in
Tanzania: Knowledge, Resources and Long-term Sustainability. The
conference was organized by the Emergency Medicine Association
of Tanzania (EMAT) and was supported by the Ministry of Health,
Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Abbott
Fund Tanzania, Emergency Medicine Department of Muhimbili
University of Health and Allied Sciences, and Muhimbili National
Hospital. The goal of the conference was to bring together health
care providers with active involvement in emergency care within
Tanzania, to establish a country- and regional wide network that
could interpret the state of emergency medicine practiced locally
and hence share and support the initiatives that can foster growth
within Tanzania.
