HEALCARe is an Erasmus+ KA2 capacity-building project with 4 European and 7 Tanzanian partners. This project will improve quality of care in health services by revisiting the bachelor nursing curriculum on health literacy-, respectful- and compassionate care competences in the United Republic of Tanzania.

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The development of this curriculum for training of health literacy, respectful and compassionate care to university nursing students and healthcare has been made possible by the cooperation and expertise of many people. The Ministry of Health recognises the financial support from European Union through Erasmus+ programme that facilitated completion of this important program. 

Special appreciation to all partners’ institutions in the HEALCARe project for their support in developing the training materials from 2021-2023. The Ministry of Health extends its sincere gratitude to the following partners for their time, co-funding and expertise shared.

Tanzanian Partners:

• KCMC Hospital
• KCM College
• Bugando Medical Centre 
• CUHAS
• Muhimbili National Hospital
• MUHAS

European Partners:

• Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen
• University Medical Centre Groningen
• University of South-Eastern Norway
• University of Galway

For more information about this project, please contact one of the partners or 

• Mr. Saturini E. Manangwa a 
• Assistant Director for Nursing and Midwifery Quality Improvement 
• Department of Nursing and Midwifery Services 
• Ministry of Health
• P. O. Box 743
• 40478 Dodoma