This document outlines a SWOT analysis for Wasso Hospital, a remote hospital in northern Tanzania. It identifies the hospital's main strengths as the trust of the community, good medical care, affordable services, and ethical work. Weaknesses include the remote location with high costs, lack of equipment/medicines, staff shortages and turnover, and knowledge/experience levels. Opportunities exist in developing protocols, retaining staff, and improving income. Threats include protocols not being followed, administrative issues overwhelming medical work, unpredictable funds/supplies, and resource shortages. The document recommends a way forward including more project-based and accountable work, routine communication, and time planning to define and evaluate goals.

1. SWOT to a higher level
Christian van Rij

2. What is a SWOT analysis about?
Strengths Weaknesses
SWOT
Opportunities Threats

3. As example
The SWOT analysis of Wasso Hospital
A remote hospital in northern Tanzania

4. Our Strengths
• Trust of our community
• Good level of medical care
• Affordable Services
• Ethical work with compassion

5. Our Weaknesses
• Remotely situated with high running cost
• Lack of equipment / medicines
• Shortage of good staff / High staff turnover
• Knowledge / experience levels
• Administrative transparency, reports & budgets

6. Our Opportunities
• Developing protocols:
– Medical and administratively
– Straight forward, well thought, routinely checked
and clearly reported
• Developing incentives/approaches to retain staff
• Improving income by:
– Improving our efficiency
– Increasing our patient income
– Becoming more donor attractive

7. Our Threats
• Protocols made, but possibly:
– Not transparent, not adapted or too complicated
– Will neglected without follow up
• Administrative overwhelms medical issues
• Poorly predictable funds & supplies
• Financial and Human resource shortages

8. Way forward
• More Project based working
– Administratively and Medical
– Developing output monitors
• More Follow up:
– Checking and Reporting while Adjusting
– Creating more Accountability & Efficiency
• Routine communication with all stakeholders
• More scheduling by the task assigned persons

9. Time plan for specific goals
• Define specific goals for the way forward
• Define who has which responsibilities
• Define the timespan to reach these goals
• Then evaluate the result and move forward