Experiencing Pharmacy Practice in Rural Tanzania

Abstract

Mvumi Hospital is located in a rural area of central Tanzania. It is a general hospital that has to cope with the wide variety of medical and surgical presentations encountered in this area of East Africa. Health care delivery is limited by distance and the endemic poverty of the population. Common presentations include malaria, anaemia, meningitis, cholera, dysentery, tick‐borne relapsing fever, severe malnutrition in children, and complications of AIDS. Helping to provide the pharmacy service during a six‐month period of voluntary work was a rewarding experience that can be highly recommended for pharmacists wishing to broaden their global perspective.