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welcome to ccbrt's press office.


Here you can search for the latest news releases, download reports and publications and read about some of the people whose lives have been changed through our services.
We can assist with media activities such as:
•    providing experts for comment on disability related issues
•    facilitating filming relevant to our work (it is up to each individual to acquire the  
      necessary filming permits)
•    providing case studies relevant to our work.

You can also browse our jargon-free fact sheets on the range of disabilities treated at CCBRT disability hospital and on the services provided through our community programme.

what´s happening


Monday, 2012-02-06
(left to right) Erwin Telemans (CEO, CCBRT); Mwamvita Makamba (Chief Officer of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Vodacom Tanzania); Stella Nzyemba (former fistula patient at CCBRT) Vodacom Tanzania launches public campaign to raise one billion Tanzanian shillings to fight fistula

Friday, 2012-01-27
CCBRT’s CEO Erwin Telemans addressing members of the conference in Dar es Salaam. CCBRT/CBM HIV/AIDS project reaches conclusion

Thursday, 2012-01-12
CCBRT's deputy CEO Ms Haika Mawalla welcomes Norwegian minister Anne Grete Strom Erichsen. The Norwegian Minister of Health Anne Grete Strom Erichsen visited CCBRT to witness the work on maternal and newborn health

personal stories

Thursday, 2010-06-03 08:18

After a very difficult labour, Zola was born eight weeks premature and later contracted yellow...

changing lives

Three year Idrissa was born with a cleft lip. Laughed at by other children, his dignity and smile have been restored by a simple operation and his parents are now confident that their son can start school with all the other children.

CCBRT statistics In November we:
  • carried out 22 fistula surgeries
  • performed 703 eye surgeries 
  • performed 43 cleft lip surgeries
  • saw 341 patients for physiotherapy
  • manufactured 149 new devices for people with disabilities