Tanzania ENT

Tanzania Ear Nose Throat Mission

THE NEED

Tanzania has a population of nearly 58 million people, 70% of whom live in rural areas with little to no access to medical care. Tanzania requires 90,000 additional healthcare providers to stabilize and address the needs of the current population.
Although the median age is only 17 years old, life expectancy is 63 years, and there are only .02 physicians per 1000 residents (for comparison, the United States has 26/1000).
Ear, Nose, and Throat injuries present a significant amount of hospital admission rates. The Bugando Medical Center that we partner with, treats ENT conditions but is under staffed and unable to treat the high demand of patients.

Led by Dr. Ayal Willner & the medical team from MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, we travel to Tanzania for one of our pediatric ear, nose & throat (ENT) missions to provide critical pediatric otolaryngology surgeries and training.

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progress and goals

Team Mending Kids is traveling to Tanzania this June for our 2022 surgical mission.
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SUPPORT tanzania's ent mission through a monthly donation

Your tax-deductible donation will support Dr. Willner and his medical team's travel for the mission, as well as the purchase of medical supplies to provide this critical surgical care. Everyone on the medical team, including Dr. Willner donates their time and services to give these kids a chance at a healthier life.

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Story of our local hero - Dr. Cecilia Protas

I am Dr. Cecilia Protas, a fresh graduate in otolaryngology surgery from Catholic University in Health and Applied Sciences (CUHAS) Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania. I am currently working at Rabinisia Hospital in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, as chief otolaryngologist. I attend nearly 100 patients a week, do about 10 surgeries, about half are children.

During my training at CUHAS, I had the opportunity to meet ENT surgeons from Mending Kids that inspired me to become an ENT surgeon and to specialize in pediatrics. I have been working with the team for the past 3 years, which has given me many important insights on saving children’s lives through ENT surgery, particularly on knowledge and advanced techniques.