The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam (AKH) has promised to continue enforcing health and safety measures across its facilities to ensure access to and delivery of high-quality patient care and thus contribute to the country’s health sector development. During the commemoration of  the World Patient Safety Day under the theme "Health Worker Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety",Dr Ahmed Jusabani, Medical Director of AKH said: "The overall objectives of World Patient Safety Day are to enhance global understanding of patient safety, increase public engagement in the safety of health care and promote global actions to enhance patient safety and reduce patient harm."

Researchers at the Aga Khan University’s Medical College East Africa have secured a new grant to investigate the body’s immune response to Covid-19. Researchers will investigate the presence of antibodies, which fight diseases such as Covid-19, in patients and explore how these antibodies evolve over time in 100 Covid-19 patients: 50 of whom have symptoms and another 50 who are asymptomatic.