Tanzania: Remote Ololosokwan Hamlet Goes 'Hitech' in Health Delivery

TUCKED away deep in the remote Loliondo division of Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region, Ololosokwan Village stands out as the first rural hamlet in East Africa to establish a novel initiative doctors call 'tele-medical' services.

Launched last year, the advances in 'over the air,' remote digital treatment in Ololosokwan comes one year ahead of the forthcoming 'Second East African Community Regional E-Health and Telemedicine Workshop, Ministerial Conference and Trade Exhibition,' to take place next May in Rwanda.

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