DAR ES SALAAM, June 21 -- TANZANIAS medical practitioners have issued a bold call for a fundamental redesign of the countrys health system by 2050, demanding a shift that would decentralise specialist care, accelerate digital medicine and overhaul how healthcare is financed and delivered.

The proposal, tabled by the Medical Association of Tanzania (MAT) during a three day national meeting in Dar es Salaam, lays out a sweeping reform agenda aimed at transforming how Tanzanians access treatment over the next quarter century.

MAT President Dr Mugisha Nkoronko said incremental improvements will no longer be enough, warning that population growth and rising disease complexity are already stretching the system beyond its limits.

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