OT TRAINING IN TANZANIA
The training of occupational therapists in Tanzania started in October 1998 with Charles Bulinda Lirhunde from Kenya as HOD and pioneering occupational therapists in the country, namely Herma Grossman and Judith van der Veen, as lecturers. The first occupational therapists graduated in July 2001.
A visit by WFOT to the Ugandan Occupational Therapy training at Mulago Hospital in Kampala took place after the Council meeting in 1996 and the curriculum for training was discussed. The curricula for Uganda and Tanzania were both approved by WFOT in Ottawa 1998 and both countries became full members of WFOT.
OTARG delegates take the opportunity to meet at every opportunity and a meeting of OTARG was held during this time.
The Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania curricula had long since been approved and these countries had been full members of WFOT for many years
