Care

Local Care. Continental Impact.

CARE: Providing Care Where It Is Needed Most

ICHA’s Care work focuses on providing direct healthcare to newborns, children, mothers, and families in Arusha and Northern Tanzania. This is where ICHA works directly with patients and families—and where clinical experience becomes the foundation for the organization’s education, mentorship, and capacity-building work.

Today, ICHA’s clinical care is centered in two important settings:

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Caring for the Most Vulnerable Newborns

At the JKCI-ALMC Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, ICHA works to provide specialized care for premature, critically ill, and vulnerable newborns. ICHA physicians and nurses are involved in hands-on clinical care while also mentoring and supporting the NICU team.

This creates an important connection between care and capacity. The clinical challenges encountered at the bedside inform the practical training, mentorship, protocols, and educational resources ICHA develops and shares with healthcare professionals in Tanzania and across Africa.

Arusha Pediatric & Maternal Care Centre

Caring for Children and Families

Through the Arusha Pediatric & Maternal Care Centre (APMC), ICHA provides specialized outpatient care for children and families in Arusha. The Centre provides a family-centered clinical environment focused on the health and wellbeing of children, from infancy through adolescence, as well as maternal and related services.

Together, APMC and the JKCI-ALMC NICU provide ICHA with a clinical foundation that spans maternal care, newborn care, pediatrics, and specialized neonatal care.

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A Local Clinical Model with a Broader Purpose

ICHA intentionally focuses its direct clinical work within its local area of influence. Beyond that geographic area, its role increasingly shifts from providing care to equipping others to provide care.

The model is built on a simple conviction: We teach what we do, and we do what we teach.

Every patient cared for provides an opportunity to learn. Every clinical challenge helps refine practice. And the knowledge gained at the bedside can then be shared through education, mentorship, conferences, and practical resources with healthcare professionals far beyond Arusha.

For donors and partners, supporting ICHA’s Care programs means more than helping provide treatment to children and newborns today. It helps sustain the clinical environment where practical experience is developed, healthcare professionals are mentored, and knowledge is generated that can ultimately improve care for many more children across Africa.