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TANZANIA PROJECT

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TANZANIA PROJECT

The Stent Save a Life! (SSL) Tanzania Project is focused on building a structured STEMI (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) care network across Tanzania. .

Key messages are summarized below:

•Hub-and-spoke model: JKCI as the central hub + 10–15 regional hospitals (public and selected private).
• Chest Pain Clinics integrated within Emergency Departments.
• Supported by the global SSL initiative, with technical expertise from STEMI India. .

Project Leadership

Local Leads

o Dr. Khuzeima Khanbhai
o Dr. Robert Mvungi

Global Oversight

o Prof. Jan Piek
o Prof. Thomas Alexander .

Objectives

Project Overview

Supporters

Objectives

  • 1. Build a national STEMI care network in Tanzania.
  • 2. Create a hub-and-spoke referral system for heart attack patients.
  • 3. Collect baseline STEMI data
  • 4. Engage both public and private hospitals.

Project Overview :

  • Hub: JKCI (Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute)..
  • • Spokes: 10–15 regional hospitals nationwide..
  • • Launch Event: April 10, 2025 – Callio Tanzania Conference..

    • Supporters

  • • SSL Global Organization – main sponsor/umbrella initiative.
  • • Spokes: 10–15 regional hospitals nationwide.
  • • Tanzania Cardiac Society – local partner.
  • • Ministry of Health, Tanzania – government partner.
    • Stent - Save a Life!

    The Stent – Save a Life! global initiative aims to improve the delivery of care and patient access to the life saving indications of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (p-PCI), thereby reducing mortality and morbidity in patients suffering from acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

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