President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete speaks during a fundraiser Gala for Madaktari Africa held in New York this evening.In his speech the President commended the organisation's health initiative in Tanzania saying that it has saved lives of many Tanzanians . Madaktari Afrika is a non profit Health Organization whose goal is to break the circle of conventional dependance on outside aid organization in order to increase self sufficiency and sustainability in health service provision.

The Madaktari Africa Program was conceived in 2006 by South Carolina neurosurgeon Dilantha B. Ellegala after a trip to Haydom Lutheran Hospital in Tanzania following a cerebrovascular fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Currently, he is the Medical Director at Centra Neuroscience Institute in Lynchburg, VA, where he is practicing Neurosurgery. Due to his involvement with Madaktari, Dr. Ellegala serves as the Tanzania lead for the Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery (FIENS).
President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete in a group photo with some Madaktari Afrika senior practitioners and coordinators during fundraiser Gala held in New York this evening.Third left is Dr.Dilantha Ellegala the organization's founder,second right front row is one of the organization's Tanzania coordinator Prof.Mohamed Janabi who is also the President's personal physician. (photos by Freddy Maro,State House)

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  1. Thank you Madaktary Afrika for your contribution in our health facilities we really appreciate.

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