«For the work done in the improvement of health outcomes in rural areas in Tanzania as for the dedicated commitment in supporting local and forgotten communities» stated the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) to justify the assignment of the Task Force Awards 2024 to Doctors with Africa CUAMM. Such prestigious award recognizes actions and approaches driven to preventing NCDs and promoting universal access to assisting technology.
CUAMM received the award for its commitment in Tanzania. Over the last year in fact, we have carried out an integrated project for the prevention and treatment of diabetes and hypertension in the Iringa DC District and at the Tosamaganga Hospital, with the hospital acting as the district’s referral facility for the diagnosis and care of chronic patients and peripheral facilities supporting treatment and follow-up. The “Friends of the Task Force” award ceremony was held today on the margins of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
«This important award is being assigned to recognize the commitment in improving health outcomes in Tanzania and assisting marginalized communities – says Gaetano Azzimonti CUAMM Program Manager in Tanzania -. Our work on non-communicable diseases ensures that people living with chronic conditions have access to the health services they need all life-long. We do so by localizing health services therefore enabling people living in rural areas to acceed the care. This work is being done in the health centres located all-over Iringa district. This award encourages us to keep up the work and to continue and recognises an innovative intervention, which involved many local health professionals, from the Tosamaganga Hospital to the peripheral health units’».
Doctors with Africa Cuamm was awarded in the NGO category, along with three other organisations, and the award ceremony took place on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
