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 [...]
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
Want to Help African EM? Think Local (EPI re-post)
Recent events in Africa have highlighted the continent’s ongoing and urgent need for improved emergency medical care. Examples—both positive and negative—include the Ebola crisis, several [...]
1 Year, 100 Emergencies
IN APRIL 2015 we launched Beacon in the Dominican Republic in partnership with the local fire department, el Cuerpo de Bomberos Manzanillo, led by Colonel Ramon Soriano. Over the past year, the [...]
Mobile Phone-Based Emergency Response in Mwanza, Tanzania (CNN)
“Beacon” is a software program that provides the foundation for emergency response systems in places that don’t have one. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on a unique partnership using the software [...]
If we build it, will they call?
Here at Trek Medics, we’ve always known that demand for the services and assistance would be high – few communities would argue the need for emergency medical services, and particularly in low- [...]
