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| Home News | | KCMC inaugurates family care clinic | Peter Temba in Moshi
Daily News; Saturday,December 08, 2007 @00:02
| THE MINISTER for Health and Social Welfare, Professor David Mwakyusa on Thursday inaugurated Child Centred Family Care Clinic (CCFCC) at the Moshi-based Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC).
He highly commended the hospital management for conceiving the idea of the clinic, which, he said, was noval and historical in the country.
"I am pleased to learn that with the establishment of this Clinic there has been contributions of partners like the US-based Centre for Disease Control, USAID, Duke University, Baylor international Paediatric Initiative and the Government of Tanzania," he said.
The minister told the audience that CCFCC was unique in that it was not a stand-alone entity but its activities have been integrated into KCMC hospital out-patient clinic services.
"The government cherishes the excellent work done by faith-based organisations to enhance health delivery services to the Tanzanian community," he noted, pledging continued support in the running of CCFCC / KCMC especially after expiry of donor support.
Earlier, the US Ambassador, Mr Mark Green said that by the end of this fiscal year, United States will have provided over 818 million US dollars towards combating the dreaded scourge of HIV / AIDS in the country.
The assistance is part of overall US government direct and multilateral grant to Tanzania of more than 725bn/-.
He said CCFCC was a milestone as it was a significant step forward in the care of children with HIV in the northern zone as it will provide a comfortable, welcoming place for families with HIV -infected children.
"I applaud KCMC leadership and the US-based Elizabeth Glazer Paediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) for their ground breaking work in this regard," he said, adding that CCFCC should take care of the entire family if we want our children to receive quality HIV care and treatment.
Mr Green commended the Tanzanian Health Ministry and its partners for the tremendous progress that has been made inextending Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission (PMTCT) services to pregnant women in the country.
According to KCMC Executive Director, Professor John Shao, the referral hospital, which has 15 allied health sciences schools, caters for 15 million people based in Arusha, Dodoma, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, Singida and Tanga regions.
It handles an average of between 600 in-patients and about 700 outpatients daily.
The colourful CCFCC inauguration function was also attended by the Presiding Bishop of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT), Dr Alex Malasusa, the retired ELCT Bishop Dr Samson Mushemba.
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