Healthcare that comes to you β on-site diagnosis, free medicine distribution, and specialist outreach for communities beyond the reach of fixed health facilities.
In Dar es Salaam's rapidly expanding peri-urban fringes and informal settlements, fixed healthcare infrastructure is dramatically outpaced by population growth. For millions of residents, a clinic is a half-day journey β one that costs money, time, and often a day's wages they can't afford to lose.
Three fully equipped mobile units run rotating routes across Dar es Salaam's most underserved wards, delivering the same quality of care as a fixed health post β at the community's doorstep.
Each mobile unit is staffed by a clinical officer, nurse, and community health worker. Full consultation, physical examination, and rapid diagnostic tests for malaria, HIV, TB, and common infections are offered free of charge.
Each mobile clinic carries a WHO essential medicines list stock, enabling same-day dispensing for most common conditions. Cold-chain medicines including vaccines are transported in certified portable units.
Beyond Dar es Salaam's urban core, our mobile units operate bi-monthly outreach routes to peri-urban growth corridors and coastal fishing communities that have no fixed healthcare facility.
The mobile clinic is not an endpoint β it's a gateway. Patients requiring specialist care, surgery, or inpatient treatment are referred with transport support and a patient navigator who accompanies them to hospital.
Mon, Wed, Fri Β· Mtoni, Kigamboni, Chang'ombe
Tue, Thu Β· Msasani, Mwananyamala, Manzese
MonβSat rotating Β· Kibamba, Mbezi, Goba
Bi-monthly Β· Kisarawe, Mafia Island ferry zone
The mobile unit arrives at the scheduled community by 8 AM. A community liaison pre-announces the visit by SMS, WhatsApp community groups, and mosque/church loudspeakers the day before.
Patients are triaged, registered, and seen by the clinical officer. Rapid tests, dispensing, and health education happen on-site. Average patient time: 35 minutes from registration to departure.
All consultations are recorded digitally. Aggregate daily data is submitted to the district health management information system (DHIS2). Referral cases are tracked until hospital attendance is confirmed.
"For 54% of our mobile clinic patients, this was their first contact with a healthcare professional in over a year."
β Patient intake survey, Daav Mobile Clinics Programme, 2024
Each mobile clinic day costs $320 to operate. That's less than $15 per patient seen. Help us extend our routes and reach more communities.