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.
-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)
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).
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