DAR ES SALAAM, June 19 -- Tanzanias hospitals are seeing growing demand for specialist care as more patients present with obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease and blood flow related complications.

At The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam, the response includes the Comprehensive Obesity Clinic, launched in May 2026 to provide medically supervised care for weight management and related non communicable diseases.

The hospital also hosted specialist clinics on 17 and 18 June 2026 with Dr. Syed Tanseer Asghar and Dr. Sana Sharafat Ali, focusing on weight related illness, reflux, hernia, hemorrhoids, varicose veins and dialysis access.

Dr Tanseer, a bariatric, laparoscopic and general surgeon, is among the specialists involv...