EVN facility profile · District-level hospital · Rural medicine · 24-hour emergency
Meru District Hospital, known locally as Tengeru Hospital, is the government district hospital for the Meru District Council area, 13 km from Arusha: a 110-bed hospital with a 24-hour emergency department and dedicated TB, mental health and palliative care services. A strong elective placement for rural medicine, community health and district-level care.
Placements at Meru District Hospital from $490/week, including accommodation with breakfast and dinner, daily transport to Tengeru, 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.
Tengeru is about 13 km from Arusha, around 30 minutes by road. Daily transport to and from the hospital is included.
Meru District Hospital (Hospitali ya Wilaya ya Meru), widely known as Tengeru Hospital, is a public district hospital owned by the Government of Tanzania under the Meru District Council. It sits in Tengeru, on the Arusha–Moshi road in Arumeru District, about 13 km east of Arusha city at the foot of Mount Meru, and serves the largely rural communities of the Meru District Council area.
With 110 beds and 100+ outpatients a day, it offers the full case mix of a Tanzanian district hospital outside the city: a new 24-hour emergency department, a major operating theatre, male, female and paediatric wards, and a maternity and labour ward with Caesarean sections done on site.
Specialist clinics run in surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, ophthalmology (eye) and mental health. It also runs services you will not find at every placement: a TB unit and ward and palliative and hospice care, alongside an HIV care and treatment clinic (CTC), reproductive and child health (RCH), an NCD clinic (hypertension and diabetes), a dental unit, physiotherapy, X-ray, ultrasound, laboratory and pharmacy. A strong choice if you are interested in rural medicine, infectious disease, community health or district-level care.
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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.
Meru District Hospital is in Tengeru, about 13 km east of Arusha city on the Arusha–Moshi road, around 30 minutes by road. Daily transport to and from the hospital is included in your programme fee.
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, daily transport and airport pick-up included. A local doctor on our team will reply to you.
