Vice President Mohammed Gharib Bilal hands over a trophy to Prof Philemon Sarungi who was among the leaders in the medical profession who attended the regional medical officers’ Annual General Meeting held in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Left is permanent secretary in the ministry for Health Donan Mmbando and deputy minister Stephen Kebwe. During the same function the seven Tanzanian health workers who volunteered to work in Ebola-hit West Africa were honoured for their outstanding contribution in public health. PHOTO |SAID KHAMIS
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The medical staff were feted for taking a front-line role in fighting the Ebola outbreak which has so far claimed more than 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
