Our goal, in collaboration with our Tanzanian colleagues, is to improve the education and skill set of the next generation of surgeons in East Africa. We aim to improve patient access to high quality surgical care in order to tackle surgical disease - a problem that kills more people than HIV, tuberculosis and malaria combined.

Alliance surgical educators and residents can volunteer at Muhimbili National Hospital [MNH], a 1500 bed National Referral Hospital for rotations of variable duration, but most commonly ranging from 2 weeks to one month. Alliance volunteers join with their Tanzanian surgical colleagues to participate in all aspects of education and patient care, including:

·     daily ICU and ward rounds

·     surgical conferences

·     clinics

·     emergency night calls

·     operating theatre instruction 

Please check the MUHAS/MNH schedule for a more detailed overview of the program and to our Volunteer Trip Reports for reflections through the years.          

In addition to daily interactions, Alliance faculty have conducted courses to ”train the trainers” in the following subjects: 

·     Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

·     Peri-operative Care 

·     Surgical Intensive Care

·     Myocutaneous Flaps

·     Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

The MUHAS/MNH surgeons are now teaching these courses to their colleagues and trainees. Additional educational programs have been developed over the years, including a Surgical Skills Training Lab started in 2019 and a Hemodialysis Access Training course introduced in late 2022.