MOBILE HEALTH SERVICE
BURUNDI, AFRICA
Tasmanian pharmacist Brian Hanafin embarked on a transformative visit to Burundi in 2018, where he witnessed widespread untreated health issues. Inspired by the tragic loss of a young boy due to a preventable infection, Brian partnered with Dr. Jackson Nahayo to establish the Mobile Health Service (MHS)
MOBILE HEALTH SERVICE
BURUNDI, AFRICA
Tasmanian pharmacist Brian Hanafin embarked on a transformative visit to Burundi in 2018, where he witnessed widespread untreated health issues. Inspired by the tragic loss of a young boy due to a preventable infection, Brian partnered with Dr. Jackson Nahayo to establish the Mobile Health Service (MHS)
ABOUT THE MOBILE HEALTH SERVICE
The Mobile Health Service (MHS) in Burundi delivers vital medical care to remote communities, educates on preventive health, triages patients for urgent treatment, and transports them safely to hospital, aiming to save lives and improve healthcare access.
Following discussions with Dr Jackson and others, the Mobile Health Service (MHS) was conceived. A pilot program was developed in which we employed six Burundian trained nurses, purchased three motorcycles and medical supplies. Based out of the Ubuntu Clinique and under the supervision of Dr Jackson, the MHS commenced on 23rd June 2022, as our first teams travelled into the villages of the surrounding hills. Their commission was to educate people on hygiene and preventive health, to treat conditions where possible, and to triage those needing higher medical care and transport them back to the hospital on their motorbikes.
BURUNDI, AFRICA
OUR SERVICES
The Mobile Health Service (MHS) provides essential medical care, preventive health education, patient triage, and safe transport to hospital for rural communities in Burundi, aiming to save lives and improve healthcare accessibility.
REAL STORIES FROM THE FIELD
Our Nurses and Doctors have reported numerous interventions that have saved lives and changed futures. Regretfully, there were also cases where patients have suffered permanent disability or even death because the MHS was not available. A few are below:
