Kinondoni Municipal Council is located in the northern part of Dar es Salaam City. It has an area of 531 sq. km with a population of 2,497,940.
The population growth rate is estimated to be 4.3% per annum and the population density is 1,179 people per square km. In addition, the population is getting more advanced and demanding better services. The model of health services delivery in
Kinondoni Municipal Council is based on preventive, promotive and curative care. The line of operation starts from the Dispensary, Health center to the Municipal Hospital.
The mission of the Council is to ensure that health beneficiaries are provided with affordable and good quality of care at its health facilities and also to enhance preventive health services at facility and community level. The Municipal Medical Officer of Health (MMOH) through the Council Health Management team (CHMT) plays the main role of managing, coordinating and supervising all health services provided at public health facilities. In addition the MMOH coordinators have the role of supervising more than 168 both public and private health facilities existing in the Municipality. At present, the Kinondoni Municipal Council coverage plan comprises of 33 public health facilities and 168 private health facilities. There is one municipal public hospital (Mwananyamala) and municipal public health centre namely Magomeni .
The Action Plan objectives are to improve the health and well being of all Kinondoni population especially the indigent and most vulnerable, and to make health services available, affordable, sustainable and efficient The strategy is to expand the health delivery system by constructing new health
facilities and expanding the existing ones. This will have to take care of the actual catchments area of service and the degree of choice and possibilities of access of patients seeking care. In implementing this, areas have identified which need attention as a way of improving provision of health services in Kinondoni. These includes
1) Strengthening of Information System
2)Capacity building in terms of short and long term training at all levels in management
3)Planning monitoring and evaluation
4)Curative services by equipping the health facilities with required modern equipments and supplies
5) Continuation of improvement of health facility infrastructure by expansion of the available health facilities and construction of staff houses and
