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Keep a Child Alive (KCA), in strategic partnership with the Doris Mollel Foundation (DMF), today inaugurated Tanzania’s first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Ngudu Hospital in Kwimba District, Mwanza Region. The new facility is designed to care for more than 1,300 sick and low-birth-weight newborns each year, significantly expanding access to life-saving neonatal services […]

Mwanza, Kwimba District, Tanzania — Feb, 26 Keep a Child Alive (KCA), together with the Doris Mollel Foundation (DMF), will open the first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Tanzania at Ngudu Hospital, marking a significant milestone in efforts to reduce preventable newborn deaths in underserved communities. The official inauguration of the unit will take place […]

Ndugu Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is built on a strong and coordinated partnership between Keep a Child Alive, the Doris Mollel Foundation, and Tanzania’s public health system. Together, these partners are working to close the newborn survival gap and ensure that life-saving care reaches babies at the most critical moment of their lives. Newborn mortality […]

Mwanza, Kwimba District, Tanzania — Feb 20 Keep a Child Alive (KCA), together with the Doris Mollel Foundation (DMF), will open the first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Tanzania at Ngudu Hospital on March 1, marking a significant milestone in efforts to reduce preventable newborn deaths in underserved communities. The new unit is part of […]

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