EVN hospital profile · Mission hospital · Ngorongoro
A 100-bed mission hospital within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, with a 24-hour emergency department, maternity care with NICU support and 18+ outreach clinics a month for Maasai communities.
Placements at Endulen Hospital from 2 weeks ($975), including the road transfer from Arusha, accommodation on the hospital grounds with meals, and airport pick-up.Questions about this hospital? Ask a local doctor on our team: free, no obligation.
Includes airport pick-up and drop-off, your road transfer to and from Endulen, hostel accommodation with meals, placement fee and coordinator, and 24/7 support.
Full price list, up to 12 weeksThe only option at Endulen, a short walk from the wards. Meals included.
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About 286 km by road from Arusha; the last stretch inside the conservation area is rough. Your transfer is included. Entry needs NCAA permission, and NCAA fees are paid by you once your entry is approved.
Endulen Hospital lies within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, in Ngorongoro district, northern Tanzania, about 286 km from Arusha. It is owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Arusha and run together with the Government of Tanzania through Ngorongoro District Council.
Most patients come from Maasai communities. The hospital sees around 60 outpatients a day and has 100 beds, a 24-hour emergency department, major and minor theatres, a maternity ward with NICU/CPAP support, a TB/HIV care and treatment clinic, X-ray, ultrasound and a laboratory. It runs 18+ outreach clinics a month, mainly reproductive and child health.
For an elective, internship or volunteering placement, this is rural and remote medicine: broad clinical exposure with limited resources, and community outreach that a city hospital cannot offer.
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You follow hospital staff through their day, with an experienced EVN-assigned supervisor in your field. You leave with a supervisor reference and completion certificate, and we complete your university's elective paperwork.
You learn as part of a small clinical team in a rural hospital: joining ward rounds, discussing cases, and following patients through the clinics, theatre, the wards and outreach.
How involved you become is guided by your supervisor, in line with your level of training, your university's guidelines and, above all, patient safety and consent. Where you'll learn:
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At least 2 weeks. Endulen is about 286 km from Arusha, within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, so a 1-week placement is not recommended.
Yes. Entry to Endulen is subject to permission from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA). Tell us your dates early so there is time to arrange it.
Your road transfer from Arusha to Endulen and back is included in the programme fee. Conservation area fees are set by the NCAA and paid by you once your entry has been approved and confirmed by the NCAA; they are not part of the programme fee.
In the hostel on the hospital grounds, with meals included. Electricity and water are available; internet is available but slow.
Yes. Every placement is tailored to your learning goals. Tell us what you want to see and we agree your departments with you before you arrive.
Yes. Depending on your goals, your placement can rotate across more than one of our partner hospitals.
An experienced clinician in your field, arranged by EVN. Our team are local doctors with a wide network across the region's hospitals.
You learn alongside the hospital team on ward rounds, in clinics, in theatre and on outreach. Your supervisor guides how involved you become, based on your level of training, your university's guidelines and patient safety.
Official hours are Monday to Friday, 07:30 to 15:30. The day starts with a clinical meeting at 07:30, which you can join or skip by starting at 08:00, and you may leave earlier. Night shifts are optional.
Healthcare students in their clinical years and qualified healthcare professionals. Placements are carried out in English.
Visa and permit requirements are set by the Tanzania Immigration Department and can change, so please check the official guidelines before you travel. Permit fees are not included in the programme fee. If anything is unclear, ask us.
Official visa guidelines (Tanzania Immigration)
From $975 for 2 weeks, hostel and meals included. A local doctor on our team will reply to you.
