Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Tanzania

Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Tanzania (CCBRT) is a Tanzanian healthcare NGO. It is one of Tanzania's largest providers of disability and rehabilitation services.[1][2]

CCBRT works with the Tanzanian government to provide free and subsidized services to low-income Tanzanians in four core areas: ophthalmology; orthopedics and physical rehabilitation; plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery; and maternal, newborn and child health (including fistula).[3]

CCBRT was established in 1994.[4] In 2004 CCBRT started offering private services to help subsidize health care costs, and in 2018 a new private clinic building was opened.[3] Willibrod Slaa is the President of the Board and its CEO from 2006 to 2018 was Erwin Telemans. Brenda Msangi was appointed CEO in December 2018.[5]

References
  1. Ending obstetric fistula: Devastating and preventable childbirth injury continues to haunt women, UNFPA, 21 May 2019.
  2. End ‘shame, isolation and segregation’ of fistula sufferers, urges UN reproductive health chief, United Nations, 23 May 2019.
  3. 'Domestic investment into health systems and services is crucial', The Guardian, 23 March 2019.
  4. 50 people living with disability on CCBRT database get jobs, The Citizen, 18 September 2019.
  5. Tanzanian woman becomes new head of CCBRT, IPP Media, 19 December 2018.


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