Chinese acupuncture treatment gains popularity in Tanzania's Zanzibar

STORY: Chinese acupuncture treatment gains popularity in Tanzania's Zanzibar DATELINE: March 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Dar Es Salaam CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of patients outside the clinic 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WAHIDA, Doctor at Zanzibar's Mnazi Mmoja Hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): HADIA, Patient 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU YAJIAN, Acupuncturist of 32nd Chinese medical team to Zanzibar 5. various of the clinic STORYLINE: In Tanzania's Zanzibar, patients queue up for treatment outside the acupuncture clinic of Mnazi Mmoja Hospital. Wahida has worked at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital for 29 years. As a member of the acupuncture department, she has witnessed the growing influence of acupuncture in the region. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WAHIDA, Doctor at Zanzibar's Mnazi Mmoja Hospital "We've got so many patients. Before per month we got maybe 200 (patients), but now 1,000 or 800. The patients they enjoyed this treatment, and they were cured. They enjoyed it because they get relieved from

TANZANIA-ZANZIBAR-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

TANZANIA-ZANZIBAR-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230224) -- ZANZIBAR, Feb. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Doctor Liu Yajian (2nd R) watches a local doctor doing acupuncture therapy for a patient at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Feb. 22, 2023. Since 1964, China has been assigning medical teams to Zanzibar to provide medical services for the local people, train local medical personnel, and promote the development of Zanzibar's health care. Members of the 32nd Chinese medical team to Zanzibar arrived in Zanzibar on Sept. 26, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)