Health+System

 **Very S** **hort Overview of Health System in Tanzania **


 * **Village Health Service:** provide preventive services (can be offered in homes). Usually each village health post have two village health workers chosen by the village government
 * **Dispensary Services**: cater between 6,000 to 10,000 people and supervise all the village health posts
 *  Health Centre Services: cater 50,000 people (administrative division)
 *  District Hospitals: each district is supposed to have a district hospital. Government negotiates with religious organizations to designate voluntary hospitals
 * Regional Hospitals: have specialists
 * Referral/Consultant Hospitals: Muhimbili National Hospital (east); Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) (north), Bugando Hospital (west); Mbeya Hospital (southern Highlands)
 * Treatment Abroad: when facilities & equipment are not available in country