Kibong'oto Hospital, formerly the Kibong'oto Infectious Disease Hospital, is a national specialized institute for infectious diseases in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania, now styled the Tanzania Infectious Diseases Institute. According to its Wikipedia article, a British physician founded it in 1926, first as a tuberculosis sanatorium and then as the regional tuberculosis hospital for East Africa. Over the decades its services expanded, and the article calls it the leading hospital for infectious disease care in the country. It provides specialized clinical services, research, training and public health support in infectious diseases. In 2020 it began building a viral infections laboratory intended to improve its monitoring and treatment of infectious diseases.
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is a national specialized institute located in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
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then designated as the regional tuberculosis hospital for East Africa
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The hospital was founded by a British physician Dr. Normal Davies in 1926
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is a national specialized institute located in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
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The institute provides specialized clinical services, research, training, and public health support in infectious diseases.
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