Project Title: Intermediate care unit at the st. FranscisReferral Hospital,Ifakara, Tanzania

Project Description: The aim is to build an intermediate care unit (IMC) at the st. Francis Referral Hospital in Ifakara in Rural Tanzania. Health care staff and trainers will be trained in intermediate care; the IMC will be organized in a three-shift duty roster, and collaboration between IMC, emergency department and other department, surgical theatre and wards will be established, and equipment will be implemented. The results will be fully functioning IMC for about 1000 patients in... The aim is to build an intermediate care unit (IMC) at the st. Francis Referral Hospital in Ifakara in Rural Tanzania. Health care staff and trainers will be trained in intermediate care; the IMC will be organized in a three-shift duty roster, and collaboration between IMC, emergency department and other department, surgical theatre and wards will be established, and equipment will be implemented. The results will be fully functioning IMC for about 1000 patients in a serious condition per year. Read more

Principal Investigator : Andrew Katende

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Time frame: (2022-07-01) - (2025-06-30)

Funding Partners
Else Kröner Fresenius Foundation (Prime)
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Normal)
External Collaborating Partners
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