Even amongst good friends I sometimes get mistaken for a dentist. Don’t get me wrong, I would be very proud to be a dentist. If only I could stomach the sight of blood, saliva etc then maybe I would have trained to be one. But being a layman and being asked dental questions can be […]
Hope Dental Centre is not just any dental practice. It was established in Mwanza in 2004 to address the lack of dental provision here, and specifically to support the work of Bridge2Aid in providing training in emergency dentistry to health workers in rural areas of Tanzania. We provide a much-needed general dental service to the […]
Ever had toothache so bad that you were unable to concentrate at work? So bad that you had to take time off to go for an emergency appointment at the dentist? Or so bad you had to take the day, or week, off work, unable to cope?…Sound familiar? You are not alone. Work days […]
Patients with any dental problems would have endure a 1hr 30minute uncomfortable, bumpy, dusty bus ride to see the District Dental Officer at Geita district hospital, Clinical Officer Daniel Masesa told us -a familiar story told over and over again by Clinical Officers who are trained on the Bridge2Aid dental training programme. Before receiving any […]
We recently recorded a 10 minute video with CEO Mark Topley and our friends Chris Barrow and multi-Unity Partner Colin Campbell about Unity Partnership. If you’ve ever wondered what it is and why it’s important, grab a coffee and sit back and listen to Colin and Mark talk about how it can be a win:win […]
3 years ago this month we shot a video with our friends JSP Media about Bridge2Aid and our pioneering work training local Health Professionals to provide a simple, safe but vital emergency dental service. I spent the best part of a week with Jem and the team, and we travelled to one of our training […]
The Bridge2Aid dental training programme has, since 2005, created access to emergency dental care for 3,380,000 people living in the rural areas of Tanzania and has provided free treatment during training to over 29,000 people. The numbers are significant, the impact is considerable, but this is only half the story, the individual people we are […]
Igalukiro health centre lies in Magu district, around 45 minutes on a dusty, rough road from the nearest town. Along the way are scattered mud-brick houses, surrounded by dry farmland growing rice and cassava, stems brittle in the scorching air. A man of around 70 enters the clinic of Redempta, the Clinical Officer. His pain […]
In 2004, four Health Workers were trained in emergency dental care on the first ever Bridge2Aid training programme. Ten years on, more than 50 Health Workers are being trained every year by Bridge2Aid volunteers. Impressive development, though how sustainable is the training programme? The question of sustainability is a widely-debated issue within the field of […]
Dr. Samuel Kalongoji had been working as a District Dental Officer in Magu district of Tanzania for 15 years when he was approached by Bridge2Aid’s Ian Wilson. When Ian met with Dr. Kalongoji and the District Medical Officer of Magu district and first explained to them about Bridge2Aid’s plans, to train rural health workers (‘Clinical […]
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