Martin Rohacek from Swiss TPH and the Ifakara Health Institute receives this year’s Else Kröner Fresenius Award for the establishment of an emergency ward in Ifakara, Tanzania.
Martin Rohacek from Swiss TPH and the Ifakara Health Institute receives this year's Else Kröner Fresenius Award for his commitment to the establishment of an emergency ward for the St. Francis Referral Hospital in Ifakara, Tanzania. The Else Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation is dedicated to the promotion of medical research and supports medical-humanitarian projects. It is one of the largest German foundations promoting medicine. Since 2015, Martin Rohacek, project leader at Swiss TPH and the Ifakara Health Institute, has been implementing the project "Establishment and organisation of an emergency ward in the St. Francis Referral Hospital in Ifakara, Tanzania" in close cooperation with the University Hospital Basel and local partners. The prize money will be used to continue the training of medical staff in Ifakara as well as additional local instructors in emergency medicine and ultrasound. Referral centre for one million people Rohacek has set up an emergency ward in Ifakara with a triage system and the differential diagnosis and treatment of 36,000 adults and children annually. The hospital serves as a referral centre for a mainly rural population of around one million people.
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