DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 13 -- TANZANIA is steadily positioning itself as a healthcare hub for medical tourism with people from around the region growingly seeking medical services in the country.
Major improvements in the health sector have helped bolster Tanzania's position as preferred destination for health services in the region.
Reports from Kenya have it that a number of residents, especially in the border town of Taveta, say they prefer travelling to hospitals in Tanzania as they are cheap, well equipped and the health workers are friendly.
It said some of the Tanzanian hospitals which offer the much-needed services to residents are Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Moshi and Faraja Health Centre in Himo District.
Taveta...