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Bugando Medical Centre - Oncology Department -Palliative Care Service.

Description
Bugando Medical Centre - Palliative Care Service is divided in Facility and community.
Facility: Offered in the Hospital we created a palliative team which is currently not functioning well,but in a month at the oncology Department we can see up to 10 cases.
Community: We are using the existing Home based care for HIV to reach our clients ,with this community Palliative care a number of chronic Diseases are inclused,HIV/AIDS,Diabetes Mellitus,Hypertenstions and theirComplications eg Stroke,Muscular Disoders etc.
The Oncology department at Bugando spearheaded to form a lake Zone Palliative initiative in collaboration with Tearfund Foundation.
Region
Africa
Country
United Republic of Tanzania
City
Mwanza
Address
P.O. Box 1370, Mwanza, Tanzania
Website/Social media page
http://www.bugandomedicalcentre.go.tz
Contact person
Dr. Masalu, Head of the Oncology Department

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