A Day in the Life: Faith James, Tanzania Rural Health Movement Project Manager
7:00 am – Getting Ready Faith lives in the outskirts of Mwanza with her mom and younger brother and sister. After getting ready for the day she makes the decision to take a mini-bus into [...]
A Day in the Life: Finias Joel, Responder of the Year
6:00 am – Wake up Finias lives about 20 minutes away from downtown Mwanza with his wife and son who is three years old. He eats a quick breakfast with his family before heading
NGO, rescuers, bodaboda in rapid first aid link
By Friday Simbaya, Iringa* Tanzania Rural Health Movement (THRM) in collaboration with the Fire and Rescue Force in Iringa, along with bodaboda operators have launched the Okoa Project, the [...]
Kenya: Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services
DIAL 999 TO CALL AN AMBULANCE IN KENYA But you may want to check out some of these other numbers in our Kenya EMS Coverage Map to have just in case
Ghana: Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services
DIAL 112 or 193 TO CALL AN AMBULANCE IN GHANA You may also want to be prepared to call a taxi Established in 2006, the National Ambulance Service (NAS) is on
Tanzania: Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services
DIAL 112 or 114 TO CALL AN AMBULANCE IN TANZANIA*: While these are the official emergency numbers in Tanzania, currently there is no ambulance service offered by the gov
Zimbabwe: Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services
TO CALL AN AMBULANCE IN ZIMBABWE DIAL: 999 in Harare 112 for Eco Net mobile subscribers 114 for Net One mobile subscribers
South Africa: Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services
TO CALL AN AMBULANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA DIAL 10177, or 112 (from mobile phones) In past 15 years, South African EMS has moved from isolated fire departments to sophisticated systems of ground and [...]