The project team successfully completed the inclusion period and launched a pilot study in April, which implements a collaborative treatment model involving traditional bonesetters and hospital referrals for surgical treatment when necessary, ensuring adequate pain relief and X-ray diagnostics for all fracture patients

The Building Bridges for Broken Bones project team is getting ready to launch their pilot in Tanzania.

Trauma survey reaches 1,400 household members in Shirati, Tanzania.

Shirati KMT Hospital hosted the “Basics in Trauma” course to bring together hospital professionals and traditional bonesetters in spirit of collaboration and mutual trust.

As part of the collaboration and team-building between hospital staff and the bonesetters, a specially designed course on the “Basics in Trauma” is being conducted at the Shirati KMT Hospital in collaboration with Shirati Foundation and the AO Alliance.

The week-long training included supervised practice with questionnaires, use of mobile smartphones and the data collection software, as well as individual practice with strangers and relatives around the home setting.

The Global Surgery Foundation is partnering with the team at Shirati KMT Hospital and Shirati Foundation to facilitate the  implementation of the project “Building bridges between traditional bonesetters and hospital staff in Tanzania”.

We are pleased to announce that the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) and the Shirati Foundation have entered into a financial partnership for the implementation of the project “Building Bridges for Broken Bones: Providing adequate treatment for extremity fracture patients in rural Tanzania”.