2021 Annual Report

About the Natron Healthcare 2021 Annual Report

The year, as with 2020, was largely shaped by Covid – in particular our ability to travel to the communities and any real assessment of the impact on public health in Tanzania of the disease. We heard many narratives about large numbers of people being ill with Covid, but the Tanzanian Government was refusing to keep records of Covid deaths. (A close friend was diagnosed with Covid and told his prognosis in a whisper; he went to one of the main hospitals in Arusha, was put in a ward with others who were obviously also ill with Covid, and yet never received a formal diagnosis – even as the doctor told him he should call his priest.  Despite his oxygen saturation dropping below 62, he survived!) Yet, at the same time, schools were closed and travelers to Tanzania were required to jump through multiple hoops including 

a new visa requirement, pre-travel Covid tests, on-the-spot testing on arrival in Tanzania and testing 48-hours prior to departure.