EVN facility profile · District-level hospital · Rural medicine · 24-hour emergency · ICU
Nkoaranga Lutheran Hospital is a 120-bed district-level hospital on the green slopes of Mount Meru, run by the Lutheran Church's Meru Diocese, with a 24-hour emergency department, an ICU, major and minor surgery with fracture care, comprehensive emergency obstetric care, TB culture, and eye, dental, physiotherapy and mental health services. A rural placement close to Arusha, and a strong choice for rural medicine and community health.
Placements at Nkoaranga Lutheran Hospital from $490/week, including accommodation with breakfast and dinner, daily transport to Nkoaranga, 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.
Nkoaranga is about 21 km from Arusha, on the slopes of Mount Meru off the Arusha–Moshi road. Daily transport to and from the hospital is included.
Nkoaranga Lutheran Hospital (Hospitali ya Kilutheri Nkoaranga) is a faith-based, district-level hospital owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT), Meru Diocese. It sits in Nkoaranga, in the Meru District Council area of Arumeru District, on the slopes of Mount Meru off the Arusha–Moshi road, and serves the surrounding rural communities and referrals from nearby dispensaries and health centres. It was upgraded to a hospital in 1997.
With 120 beds, it runs a 24-hour emergency department, an intensive care unit, outpatient and inpatient services, major and minor surgery with fracture care, and a maternity unit providing comprehensive emergency obstetric care, including the management of pre-eclampsia. Diagnostics include X-ray, ultrasound and a laboratory that runs TB culture.
Clinics cover diabetes, eye care, mental health, dental care, physiotherapy, HIV care and treatment (CTC) for adults and children, reproductive and child health, and nutrition. The hospital also runs home and community-based care, school health and community programmes, making it a strong choice for rural medicine and community health within easy reach of Arusha.
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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.
Nkoaranga Lutheran Hospital is about 21 km east of Arusha city, on the slopes of Mount Meru off the Arusha–Moshi 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.
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From $490 a week, accommodation, daily transport and airport pick-up included. A local doctor on our team will reply to you.
