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MC-Tanzania

Since 2014, MC-Tanzania has been advancing oral healthcare in underserved communities through targeted training and outreach programs. Explore how our affiliate is transforming dental care and promoting oral health across Tanzania.

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About MC-Tanzania

Who They Are

Established in 2014, MC-Tanzania is dedicated to advancing oral healthcare in underserved communities across Tanzania. Its flagship initiative, the Dental Therapists’ Outreach Training, provides year-long theoretical and practical training to dental therapy students, equipping them to deliver dental education, screening, and treatment in primary schools in the Mbeya and Tanga regions. MC-Tanzania also leads national oral health campaigns and supports various programs, including Community Health Fellowships, Oral Health Awareness, and 3D Printing for Dentistry. The organization aims to enhance oral health services and work towards a future free from dental diseases across Tanzania.

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in-kind donations to improve facilities at MUHAS Dental School in Tanzania

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children received oral health education, screenings, and fluoride treatment during dental outreaches in Tanzania since 2014

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Dental Therapy students have participated in outreaches in Tanzania since 2014

The Need

MC-Tanzania’s work contributes towards improving oral health and dental care in Tanzania. By targeting communities such as those in Mbeya and Tanga, which are often excluded from access to proper healthcare and oral health education, MC-Tanzania’s projects capitalize on the potential of young dental therapists to be catalysts for change in their communities. The organization aims to see communities throughout Tanzania live free from oral and dental diseases.

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What They Offer

MC-Tanzania’s projects are centered around promoting good oral health within disadvantaged communities in and throughout Tanzania. The Dental Therapists’ Outreach Training is MC-Tanzania’s main project which is a year-long project conducted twice a year in the Mbeya and Tanga regions in collaboration with Colleges of Health and Allied Sciences. The goal of the Dental Therapists’ Outreach Training project is to develop and strengthen community dentistry by improving the ability of dental therapy students to set up and carry out Dental Outreach (i.e., education, screening, and treatment) for primary schools. MC-Tanzania provides both theoretical and practical training in community dentistry and leadership to dental therapy students to better prepare them to carry out preventative community-based oral health care in the country. MC-Tanzania is also a leading national voice in other oral healthcare outreach programs such as World Oral Health Day campaigns.

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Oral Health Care Program

To achieve improved oral health status in Tanzania, we partner with Tanzanian partners to tackle the oral health workforce shortage in two ways: (1) Capacity upgrades at the MUHAS Dental School in Dar es Salaam; and (2) Dental Outreach Education and Training in the Mbeya and Tanga regions.

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