With the opportunity to focus on areas like paediatric HIV and other niche fields of practise in Dar es Salaam, your clinical experience will be tailor made to suit you and your placement aims. With some of the best facilities in the whole of Tanzania, your clinical knowledge will grow exponentially. Once working hours are over, you’ll find Kilimanjaro is just a bus ride away. Past students have braved the five-day climb to the summit? Read what they think below!
Sheffield Hallam Univeristy 2013
On my first day I assisted with successful CPR of a young malnourished girl aged 22, who had TB
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University of Manchester 2013
This has inspired to me train as a midwife once finishing my nursing degree
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University of Manchester 2013
Working in Africa was such a unique experience, and I feel has only helped in my training to become a nurse
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Edinburgh Napier University 2013
The majority of babies in the neonatal ward had jaundice or birth asphyxia or were pre term
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University of Manchester 2012
I was greatly involved in caring for the women and assisting in delivering babies
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University of Liverpool 2010
Not only did I see exacerbations of conditions that are less prevalent in the UK, such as malaria and HIV, but I also had an insight into how UK conditions such as CVA's and UTI's are treated in a developing country.
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Glasgow Caledonian University 2010
Work the World went out of their way to make it an amazing experience and I cannot fault them and would recommend them to everyone who is considering an elective placement.
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Glasgow Caledonian University 2010
I feel that this has changed the how I perceive my role and hopefully will make me a better nurse
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Sheffield Hallam University 2010
After her baby was born, she was hugging me and crying as she was so happy. She was thanking me over and over (in Swahili)
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University of Hertfordshire 2012
I learnt so much about myself and my practice and how I could help others
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