Zanzibar
Addiction medicine
The project was launched after Mnazi Mmoja Hospital (MMH) made a request to Haukeland University Hospital (HUH), to assist with the rising drug problem on the island.
In February 2013 two representatives from the Department of Addictive Medicine at HUH went to Zanzibar to meet representatives from somatic and psychiatric hospitals, commissions, voluntary organizations, patients, and drug addicts. Afterwards, a collaboration with Kidongo Chekundu Mental Hospital (KCMH) was established.
The main objectives are to build a Detoxification Unit to ensure safe detoxification, preparation of a summary of the patient's somatic and psychological needs, and to develop interdisciplinary treatment.
The focus in the project is to help local government, and local health professionals, to develop their own services relevant to the local population. We focus on activities for the patients, such as Mindfulness exercises, and Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR). There was also collaboration with a group of local Zanzibar artists. They offered to conduct sessions at KCMH with the patients, and the result was an exhibition at one of the hotels during the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF).
projects in zanzibar
- Addiction medicine
HUH is assisting with the rising drug problems on the island, and are in the process of building a Detoxification unit.
- Department of Medicine
HUH has contributed to building a new Children’s Clinic in Zanzibar, and the building is also containing a new dialysis center.
- Paediatrics
In 2016 the new Children’s Clinic was opened. T\It was built with funding from Trond Mohn, The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, and the Ministry of Health in Zanzibar.
partner hospitals
Addiction medicineHUH is assisting with the rising drug problems on the island, and are in the process of building a Detoxification unit.
- Anaestesiology
The first five specialists in anaestesiology gratuated in 2014, after three years of training at AAU.
Blood bankWith the link to a modern transfusion service at HUH, and the hospital setting at KCH, it is assumed that the project can model future capacity strengthening projects in transfusion medicine.