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Levolosi Health Centre is a busy government primary care centre a short walk from Arusha's city centre. With 200+ deliveries a month, it is one of the strongest places in Arusha for midwifery and nursing electives.
Placements at Levolosi Health Centre from $490/week, including accommodation with breakfast and dinner, and airport pick-up.Questions about this health centre? 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.
Levolosi is within walking distance of Arusha's city centre; daily transport is included if your hostel is further.
Levolosi Health Centre (Kituo cha Afya Levolosi), sometimes called Levolosi Hospital, is a public primary care facility owned by the Government of Tanzania under the Arusha City Council, a short walk from Arusha's city centre. It has served the city since 1978, and its services run 24 hours a day.
Its focus is maternal and child health. It is a Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care (CEmOC) facility, so obstetric emergencies and Caesarean sections are managed on site. With 200+ deliveries a month and a busy reproductive and child health (RCH) clinic, it gives midwifery and nursing students steady exposure to labour and delivery, Caesarean sections and newborn care.
As a primary care centre it also shows how most Tanzanians first meet the health system: around 50 outpatients a day, HIV testing and treatment (VCT and CTC), TB and leprosy, skin and STI (dermatovenereology) and mental health clinics, a non-communicable diseases (NCD) clinic for diabetes and hypertension, cervical cancer screening, youth-friendly services, and dental and eye clinics, with its own pharmacy and laboratory. Patients who need specialist care are referred on to hospital.
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You follow the centre'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 centre'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 centre'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.
