EVN facility profile · District-level hospital · 24-hour emergency
Kaloleni Hospital is a government district-level hospital in Arusha city, serving the community since 1961. With 20+ deliveries and 300+ outpatients a day, it is one of the busiest public facilities in Arusha: a strong placement for midwifery, nursing, medical and dental electives.
Placements at Kaloleni Hospital from $490/week, including accommodation with breakfast and dinner, 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, accommodation with breakfast and dinner, daily transport where needed, placement fee and coordinator, and 24/7 support.
Full price list, up to 12 weeksThe standard option for this placement. Breakfast and dinner included.
Live with a local family, subject to availability. Breakfast and dinner included.
Kaloleni is within walking distance of the EVN hostel; daily transport is included if you stay elsewhere.
Kaloleni Hospital (Hospitali ya Kaloleni, formerly Kaloleni Health Centre) is a public district-level hospital owned by the Government of Tanzania under the Arusha City Council, in Kaloleni ward, Arusha city. It has served the community since 1961 and has been upgraded from a health centre to a hospital.
Maternity is its busiest service. With 20+ deliveries a day and comprehensive emergency obstetric care (CEmOC), obstetric emergencies, pre-eclampsia and Caesarean sections are managed on site, alongside antenatal and postnatal care, family planning, and cervical and breast cancer screening, making it one of the strongest midwifery elective placements in Arusha.
With 300+ outpatients a day it also offers wide general exposure: a 24-hour emergency department; specialist clinics in internal medicine, surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedics, ENT (with an in-house ENT surgeon) and ophthalmology; mental health and counselling services; major and minor theatres; inpatient wards; HIV care and treatment, TB and malaria; non-communicable diseases (diabetes, hypertension, asthma and COPD); dental services; ECG and echo; and radiology, with its own pharmacy and laboratory.
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You follow the hospital's 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 the clinical team: working alongside the hospital's doctors, clinical officers, nurses and midwives: joining ward rounds, discussing cases, and following patients through clinics, the labour ward and theatre.
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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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: one department or several.
Yes. Depending on your goals, your placement can rotate across more than one of our partner hospitals in Arusha.
An experienced clinician in your field, arranged by EVN. Our team are local doctors who work in Arusha's hospitals, so we can match you with someone who teaches.
You learn alongside the hospital's clinical team on ward rounds, in clinics, on the labour ward and in theatre. 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 if you want extra experience.
Airport pick-up and drop-off, accommodation with breakfast and dinner, daily transport where needed, a pre-departure briefing, 24/7 emergency support, the placement fee and coordinator, and a city tour. Flights, visa and permit fees, insurance, vaccinations and lunch are not included.
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 $490 a week, accommodation and airport pick-up included. A local doctor on our team will reply to you.
