Jovitha, the Peace Corps medical secretary in Tanzania, recently died after a long illness. She was in her 20s and had to spend her last days in the hospital. Other volunteers can and have described the level of care in some hospitals. I hope Jovitha's was better, but I don't know.
If any of the volunteers were anywhere close to that sick, we would be helicoptered off to Johannesburg for good quality health care paid for entirely by the US government. But we have that privilege. Tanzanians don't. Not even the staff who support us medically, make our doctor appointments, mail us medications, and fill out the paperwork that would send us to Johannesburg in emergencies.
Rest in peace, Jovitha.
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