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DECEMBER 1, 2024
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OUR MISSION
To promote community healthcare through global outreach and academic partnerships
OUR VISION
To help provide sustainable community healthcare in underserved areas.
ABOUT THE PHIL SIMON CLINIC TANZANIA PROJECT
In 2002, The Phil Simon Clinic Tanzania Project (PSCTP) took its first team of volunteer healthcare workers to Northern Tanzania. It was designed to be a fact-finding mission about the AIDS epidemic ravaging Tanzania and what we could do to help with some of the suffering of its people. That trip changed many lives, including our own. Over 200 American and European healthcare volunteers have traveled as part of the PSCTP to Northern Tanzania and shared their expertise with our Tanzanian colleagues. Now, the PSCTP has blossomed into an effective and innovative 501(C)(3) organization providing medical, surgical, social work, veterinary and specialty care in East Africa. A successful healthcare scholarship program has helped ease the tremendous shortage of physicians and nurses in Tanzania. HIV and other infectious diseases remain challenging in Africa. Effective antiretroviral therapy, education and research from many projects such as ours have helped lift some of that burden. Climate change, socioeconomic struggles, population movements, environmental destruction and political factors continue to challenge those of us working in global health. Nevertheless, we remain committed to the promotion of global goodwill and health through collaboration and compassion.
PSCTP and our Team Tanzania veterinarians are working to establish a One Health global outreach project involving several venues and services. During the 2025 Tanzania trip, we will launch our One Health project evaluating antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in wildlife in Ngorongoro and Serengeti regions. This is truly an international and multidisciplinary endeavor with input from Tanzanian, American, and European professionals.
One Health is fast becoming a critical strategy in assessing global health by evaluating human, animal, and environmental interfaces. PSCTP has long recognized the importance of human-animal interactions and the link between animal and human health, as demonstrated by the inclusion of veterinarians on many recent trips. This will be a comprehensive and collaborative research project assessing the relationship between domestic animals, livestock, wildlife, and human health in Northern Tanzania. Multi-institutional and multidisciplinary projects will be proposed, emphasizing microbiologic health indicators in humans and animals. We believe this will help create a robust database and research opportunities for many local and international agencies and individuals in Northern Tanzania.
PSCTP and our Team Tanzania veterinarians are working to establish a One Health global outreach project involving several venues and services. During the 2025 Tanzania trip, we will launch our One Health project evaluating antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in wildlife in Ngorongoro and Serengeti regions. This is truly an international and multidisciplinary endeavor with input from Tanzanian, American, and European professionals.
One Health is fast becoming a critical strategy in assessing global health by evaluating human, animal, and environmental interfaces. PSCTP has long recognized the importance of human-animal interactions and the link between animal and human health, as demonstrated by the inclusion of veterinarians on many recent trips. This will be a comprehensive and collaborative research project assessing the relationship between domestic animals, livestock, wildlife, and human health in Northern Tanzania. Multi-institutional and multidisciplinary projects will be proposed, emphasizing microbiologic health indicators in humans and animals. We believe this will help create a robust database and research opportunities for many local and international agencies and individuals in Northern Tanzania.
PSCTP Veterinary Team: A One Health Partnership
Mbwa Wa Animal Rescue & Veterinary Clinic
The Phil Simon Clinic Tanzania Project is committed to expanding its One Health initiative, which understands that human, animal, and ecological health are all connected. Working closely with Tanzania’s Mbwa Wa African Animal Rescue, PSCTP’s volunteer veterinary team is organizing multiple spay and neuter clinics as well as rabies vaccinations in the rural community of Arusha. These clinics seek to lower the stray dog population in the area, which can prevent the spread of zoonotic diseases and decrease the risk of aggression-related bites and diseases. Mbwa Wa African Animal Rescue also provides veterinary, rehabilitation, and other rescue services for Arusha’s dogs (and the occasional cat). Read more about their successes at https://mbwa-wa-africa.org/
– Dr. Diane Tang and Dr. Michelle Zoryan; PSCTP Volunteers & Team Tanzania veterinarians
PSCTP Veterinary Team: A One Health Partnership
Mbwa Wa Animal Rescue & Veterinary Clinic
The Phil Simon Clinic Tanzania Project is committed to expanding its One Health initiative, which understands that human, animal, and ecological health are all connected. Working closely with Tanzania’s Mbwa Wa African Animal Rescue, PSCTP’s volunteer veterinary team is organizing multiple spay and neuter clinics as well as rabies vaccinations in the rural community of Arusha. These clinics seek to lower the stray dog population in the area, which can prevent the spread of zoonotic diseases and decrease the risk of aggression-related bites and diseases. Mbwa Wa African Animal Rescue also provides veterinary, rehabilitation, and other rescue services for Arusha’s dogs (and the occasional cat). Read more about their successes at https://mbwa-wa-africa.org/
– Dr. Diane Tang and Dr. Michelle Zoryan; PSCTP Volunteers & Team Tanzania veterinarians
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