Improving Psychiatric Care in Rural Zanzibar
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In 2006 the UK based charity ‘Health Improvement Project Zanzibar’ (HIPZ) was established to try and combat this. An agreement was reached with the Ministry of Health that gave HIPZ direct control over the rural hospital at Makunduchi for 10 years. The model centres on sending volunteer doctors out for 6 month sabbaticals where they live and work alongside local staff, immerse themselves in the everyday workings of the hospital, identify weaknesses and try to improve things from the ground up.
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