Tanzania
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
- Country:
- Tanzania
- Entity type:
- Referral and teaching hospital
- Relationship:
- Health-system partner; Research collaborator
- Connected work:
- KAKI; Cervical-cancer research
KCMC contributes specialist clinical expertise, referral capacity and a teaching-hospital environment to collaborative research in northern Tanzania. Its role across kidney-health and cervical-cancer work connects implementation research with the referral pathways and specialist services through which patients move.
How we work together
KCMC provides a specialist clinical and research setting in which questions about screening, recognition, referral and treatment pathways can be examined within routine care.
Contribution to the collaboration
Its position within the regional referral system helps connect frontline implementation with specialist clinical care and longer-term health-system learning.