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Upgrading
JPM Dispensary to Dar es Salaam Charitable General Hospital
Dar es Salaam Charitable General Hospital (DCGH) is still a project:
A project with the following background.
Like many developing countries, Tanzania is faced by health problems
including shortage of facilities and poor health services. The country
health services provision have recently been liberalized after a
long period of monopoly by the government and few public organizations.
This has empowered individual doctors or groups of doctors to open
their own clinics, health centers or hospitals country wide. More
so in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania.
The city is densely populated with about 4 million people. Despite
the fact that the city is multi-cultured and inhabited by government,
non government and private sector employees, international communities
and business class, there is a vast population of the inhabitants
living below the margin line of poverty.
To participate in alleviating such problems JPM
Dispensary was started in the year 2000 by Dr. Jerome Peter
Mkiramweni (see attached copy of certificate of registration).
Dr. Mkiramweni received his education both in the country and abroad
(Berlin, Germany) and upon returning home he became aware of the
major health problems facing the Tanzanians. He managed to convince
the government health official to let him set a small health centre
at Mwananyamala Bwawani in Kinondoni area for he learned that this
area was inhabited by the majority of poor people who could not
afford to meet the existing rising health costs.
JPM dispensary has faced the following problems:
 the rising costs
of the house rent,
the rising living
costs of life making it difficult to recruit personnel who accept
low wages and
the rising costs
of providing good
quality health services to the community.
Such challenges have stimulated him to seek for external support.
To achieve this goal a larger project could save more people. In
order to set affordable rates the project shall be the property
of an tax exempted NGO. Various health insurance companies have
been consulted and are willing to utilize the services of the hospital
once it takes off.
In 2007 two steps had been done: The project was brought in to the
NGO TANAWA. Afterwards a foundation
board was created and a Project
proposal “Upgrading JPM Dispensary to Dar es Salaam Charitable
General Hospital” was completed and the first Managing
Director elected. Dr. Jerome P. Mkiramweni was sent by the board
to seek consultation in Germany and France. From 5th to 25th September
he was invited to Auvillar, France by the “Société
Auvillaraise Franco-Allemand (SFA)”. Here a fund
raising campaign was elaborated.
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