MVUMI HOSPITAL
CENTRAL TANZANIA
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The mission of Mvumi
Hospital is to glorify
God by contributing to the well-being of people mentally, physically and
spiritually. The maxim of the hospital is taken from 2 Corinthians 5:14
" The love of Christ compels us." The goal of the hospital is
"to be a self-financing, Tanzanian-led, Christian health-care facility
that offers comprehensive, high quality health-care at a good price for all
the people of the Diocese".
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Mvumi Hospital web site is
currently under reconstruction. We hope to restore the web site as soon as
possible. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused.
Medical electives - we regret we are unable to offer medical electives at Mvumi
Hospital until further
notice.
Mvumi Hospital
is a church hospital situated in the village
of Mvumi Mission
in Central Tanzania and is run under the
auspices of the Anglican Diocese of Central Tanganyika. The hospital provides
health care for the population of Dodoma Rural District where the average life
expectancy is only 46 years and over 25% of children die before the age of
five. This is one of the poorest regions in the world with an estimated
"income" per capita of less than 100 $ U.S. (1991/1992) which
includes the market value of all economic activities such as food production,
brewing, honey collecting, cattle rearing and wood gathering (Holtland, 1994). Mvumi Hospital
is the only hospital in Dodoma Rural District and caters to the needs of over
400,000 people. Mvumi Mission has a population of
about 10,000 people and is situated 42 km south east of Dodoma,
the capital of Tanzania.
This web site is designed to provide news of the work being carried out at the
hospital and in the surrounding countryside for those who have worked in Mvumi, and also to provide an insight into the life of the
people in one of the poorest parts of the world for those who are interested
and, hopefully, for those who are not.
Comments: If you have any comments or criticisms about this
web site send us an email.
We'll be pleased to hear from you.
Last modified 18th April
2007
Comments emailed to www@mvumi.org welcomed.