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Canada-Africa Community Health Alliance (CACHA), is a Canadian non-profit, non-governmental organization that seeks to improve health care and health education to remote African communities. CACHA has been working on the island for 15 years, and has worked to establish and grow collaborative relationships with the local team which has proven key to ensuring a thriving and successful mission!
CACHA has worked with our Tanzanian partners to identify the following objectives for our medical missions to Ukerewe Island:
Primary health care
Eye exams and reading glasses
HIV, malaria and syphilis testing
Dental care
Medications
Surgical support (if funding allows)
Health education
CACHA is looking for volunteers to work alongside our Tanzanian partners in the fall of 2025. We are looking for people who want to help in providing this much needed care to this remote part of Tanzania. Specifically, we are looking for:
Physicians, medical specialists, nurses, nurse practitioners, paramedics, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, social workers as well as logisticians (non-medical personnel who have an important role in organizing key elements of the mission, and allowing the health care workers to spend more time focusing on patient care).
We hope that you can join the team in this opportunity!
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1. Provide health care services in a safe and effective manner across Ukerewe Island at Nansio Hospital and other health centers and dispensaries as determined by our local partners in consultation with CACHA mission lead
2. Provide access to high quality health care services and support the local health care system including collaboration and information sharing between Canadian and Tanzanian participants
a. Orientation meeting for Tanzanian and Canadian partners
b. Sharing and teaching of clinical information between Tanzanian and Canadian health care workers
c. Build upon activities and results achieved during ongoing mission by obtaining input from Canadian and Tanzanian partners
3. Contribute to the prevention, education, and treatment of HIV by providing free testing with Tanzanian clinicians and making referrals to local HIV programs
4. Facilitate and promote health educations with the local community concerning various aspects of health promotion and prevention
5. Offering services at the Nansio District Hospital, with surgeries to be supported financially by CACHA and performed by Tanzanian teams, as finances allow
6. Work with our partners to build local capacity so that they have control of the medical mission and are able to take over any portion as is needed, or as they may choose. Examples:
a. The local Tanzanian team is responsible for the translation for all patients, triaging of patients, and managing the waiting area for patients (in coordination with Canadian logisticians)
b. The local Tanzanian team, with the Canadians, review the line of people to triage any emergencies and decide on final numbers for the day
c. Lake Victoria Children community ambassador’s will bring residents needing urgent care to the front of the line to be seen by medical professionals
7. Provide opportunities for in-depth discussions for any challenges or opportunities identified by Tanzanian or Canadian members of the team.
Team members should always keep in mind:
What is the best way to serve the people of Ukerewe Island?
How can we all best learn from each other?
How best can the CACHA team support the work of the health care providers on the island?
How do we ensure people are safe while waiting to be seen and who is to be seen?
CACHA medical missions are non-profit and self-funded by volunteers and their donors. The mission cost is disbursed over a variety of mission-related expenses including; accommodation, food, in-country transportation, allowances for locally engaged partners, medical and logistics equipment and supplies, communications, customs, medical treatments, medications, surgical support, and referrals for patients, as well as CACHA overhead and management, and helps to support many of our CACHA projects.
All donations submitted to CACHA toward payment of mission costs and plane tickets (when booked through CACHA) are tax deductible.
If you have questions or require additional information, please contact CACHA Missions Coordinator at [email protected]
Ready to join this mission, this unique experience? If so please complete and send an application form and your CV to CACHA by clicking on this link Medical Mission Application Form
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CACHA medical missions are non-profit and self-funded by volunteers and their donors. The mission cost is disbursed over a variety of mission-related expenses including; accommodation, food, in-country transportation, allowances for locally engaged partners, medical and logistics equipment and supplies, communications, customs, medical treatments and referrals for patients, as well as CACHA overhead and management, CACHA membership fee, and helps to support many of our CACHA projects.
All donations submitted to CACHA toward payment of mission costs and plane tickets are tax deductible.
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