Rural medics lack access to information, study says
A health practitioner, mary Kuhaba,attends to a patient at Ilola Health Centre in Shinyanga recently. PHOTO|FILE
What you need to know:
In Tanzania, as in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, lack of skilled health workers remains a persistent problem, particularly in rural areas.
According to the national Health Sector Strategic Plan IV (HSSP-IV), about 37,000 out of 66,000 medical practitioners, serve 48 million people in the country.
