Afya Medicare Health Centre delivers primary healthcare in Makambako, easing pressure on Vertex Hospital by handling routine consultations, maternal health checks, and minor treatment close to where people live.
Working alongside Vertex Hospital in the same catchment area, Afya Medicare Health Centre focuses on primary and preventive care — reducing the number of routine cases that would otherwise need a hospital visit, and referring anything requiring inpatient care, surgery, or specialist attention up to Vertex Hospital.
This two-tier model is central to how Vertex Group Experts approaches healthcare gaps in the Southern Highlands: primary care close to communities, backed by hospital-level capacity nearby.
Afya Medicare Health Centre works alongside the rest of Vertex Group Experts' healthcare sites, referring and receiving patients as needed.
See full network →Detailed information on what we offer, how long it takes, indicative costs, and when each service is available.
Walk-in and scheduled consultations with a general practitioner.
Comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning by our resident medical officers. Includes vitals, history taking, physical examination and prescription where indicated.
Book this service →Routine pregnancy and child growth monitoring.
Routine antenatal visits, foetal monitoring, and child growth monitoring with immunisation as per national schedule.
Book this service →Routine childhood and adult vaccines.
Routine childhood immunisation per Tanzania EPI schedule, plus adult vaccines such as tetanus and hepatitis B on request.
Book this service →Dressing, suturing, and minor surgical care.
Wound cleaning and dressing, suturing, abscess drainage, foreign body removal and minor surgical procedures.
Book this service →Community health talks and preventive education.
Structured health education sessions in communities and schools on hygiene, nutrition, maternal health and disease prevention.
Book this service →Coordinated referrals to specialists and higher-level care.
We coordinate referrals for patients needing specialist or international care, including documentation, transport and appointment booking.
Book this service →Book online or call the main Vertex Group Experts line and our team will connect you to the right department.