DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 15 -- THE Director of Diplomacy from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador John Ulanga, has said there has been a 19 percent increase in medical tourism, which earned Tanzania 166.5bn in four years.

He said that from 2021 to 2025, the number of patients who came for treatment within the country has doubled from 5,700 to 12,180

Speaking today in Dar es Salaam at an open scientific debate on medical tourism in the country conducted by the Jakaya Kikwete Heart Institute (JKCI), Ambassador Ulanga said that those receiving them come from 16 African countries where 2,770 patients are from Comoros, 46 percent are from Burundi, eight percent from Zambia, 10 percent from DRC and four percent from Kenya.

“From 202...