Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) is a hospital in the town of

Haydom Haydom is a town and a ward in Mbulu District, in the Manyara Region of Tanzania. According to the 2012 census, the population of Haydom ward is 23,013. Haydom Lutheran Hospital Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) is a hospital in the town of Hayd ...

at the western end of

Manyara Region Manyara Region (''Mkoa wa Manyara'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Babati. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,425,131, which was lower than the ...

. The hospital is about 300 km south-west from

Arusha Arusha City is a Tanzanian city and the regional capital of the Arusha Region, with a population of 416,442 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District Council (2012 census). Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern bran ...

. It was founded by Norwegian missionaries in 1955. The hospital was founded in 1955 by the

Norwegian Lutheran Mission The Norwegian Lutheran Mission (''Norsk Luthersk Misjonssamband'' in Norwegian; NLM) is one of several independent Lutheran organisations based in Norway. History The organization was founded in 1891 as Det Norske Lutherske Kinamisjonsforbund ( ...

. It is currently owned and operated by the

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "born again", in which an individual experi ...

. Today there is still some Norwegian activity at the hospital, in addition to Dutch, German and American support.

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{{Authority control Hospital buildings completed in 1955 Hospitals in Tanzania Buildings and structures in the Manyara Region Mbulu District 1955 establishments in the British Empire

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