The Ministry of Health Zanzibar has been entrusted with a piece of land measuring 1564.12 square meters in the Magomeni area for the construction of health center.
Speaking at the handover in the area of the Wandarasi Magomeni football field in the western region of the city, the Director General of the Ministry of Health of Zanzibar, Dr. Amour Suleiman Mohammed, said that by handing over the field, it is going to fulfill the government’s mission to bring health services closer to the people’s homes in order to reduce the inconvenience of access to those services.
He said that due to the size of the area and the presence of a large number of people, it is very important to find a health center that will meet the needs of supporting health services at the lower level as well as being able to improve the referral system so that if a person has a health problem, they can start getting services in basic level.
He also said that the Ministry of Health continues to strengthen services at the primary level to ensure that health services reach all citizens.
Dr. Amour has thanked the representative of Magomeni province Jamal Kassim and the elders of the sheikha for ensuring that they are given legality and the right to use the land for the construction of the health center which is expected to start in the sixth month of this year.
The representative of Magomeni province, Jamal Kassim, said that the area has been specifically set aside for the construction of a health center that will be able to provide all basic services that will also be able to provide inpatient services.
Jamal also thanked Dr. Mwinyi for agreeing that the people of Magomeni area have a health center that will be a liberator for the people to get health services.
