As POETIC Tanzania, we were honoured to witness the Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) Training of Trainers workshop hosted by KCMC Hospital at the Anaesthesia SimLab, from 12–15 November 2025. The workshop was officially opened by Dr. Ayesiga Herman, Director of Surgical Services at KCMC, who encouraged health professionals to apply the knowledge gained to create positive impact within
A new study from Tanzania has revealed how something as simple as moving a patient between hospital wards can become a matter of life and death. Published in the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, the study explores the experiences of health workers responsible for transporting critically ill patients, and exposes major gaps in how hospitals are designed, equipped,
POETICTz were happy to take part in the “Building Global Acute Care Research Capacity” meeting in Kigali on 5th-9th October – convened by InFACT, ISARIC and CIIC-HIN. More than 140 delegates from all continents gathered in person (and more online) to learn from each other’s varied and rich experiences, and discuss ways forward for research to strengthen acute and critical
The first APPRISE THUMB trial co design meeting took place on the 06th of August 2025 at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) bringing together the APPRISE Project leadership alongside teams from Mwananyamala and Amana Regional Referral Hospitals. Each hospital was represented by a lead obstetrician, an anaesthetist, and nurses from both the theatre and postnatal wards,
“Seeing him struggling to breathe was the most frightening moment of my life… but when we arrived here, I started regaining hope as I saw the doctors and nurses doing everything they could to save my son.”— Salimu’s mother Thirteen-year-old Salimu loved swimming with his friends in a nearby lake. One afternoon, their play turned into panic. Salimu slipped beneath
This May marked the beginning of something new at Vwawa District Hospital in Tanzania’s Songwe region: the rollout of Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC). As part of the national EECC in Tanzania programme (EECCiT), every single acute care health worker at Vwawa is being trained in the skills needed to save lives using simple, effective treatments. For Dr. Stanford