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change is necessary, and it is necessary now. Small adjustments such as revising the curriculum in medical
schools or stressing more sterile practices within healthcare facilities would provide a mechanism for slow, yet
drastic improvement to the overall healthcare system. While these changes will inevitably spur conflict and
implementing them may not be easy, they are the only way by which a poverty-stricken nation such as Tan-
zania can improve a healthcare system that is in dire need of reform. The citizens of Tanzania and other East
African countries deserve to have access to healthcare, and measures must be taken to provide it for them.