Generating Evidence. Transforming Lives
We envision a healthy and empowered population with access to evidence-based health services and solutions.
We’ll strive to achieve this vision by transforming into a center of excellence that informs health policies and delivery of quality services collaboratively through research, innovation, capacity strengthening and program implementation.
About IHI
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is a leading health research organization in Africa, with a strong track record of developing, testing and validating innovations for health. We are driven by core strategic mandate for research, training and services. Ifakara encompasses a broad range of scientific disciplines, spanning from basic biomedical and ecological sciences to clinical trials, health systems research, policy translation, and health program implementation.
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Our Projects
We have over sixty active projects.
Strengthening Sepsis Surveillance in Rural Tanzania
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), in collaboration with the University Hospital Basel, is implementing a new surveillance study to better und…
Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance in Prevention of Surgical Site Infections – “TARSI”
The Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), in collaboration with St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital (SFRRH), the University Hospital Basel, an…
Assessing the Impact of Light Polarization on the Visual Ecology and Manipulation of Anopheles Mosquito Swarms - "POLSA"
The POLSA Project is a three-year research study (2025–2028) led by the Ifakara Health Institute, in collaboration with Institute of …
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FINANCING: Incentives can improve health services — but only if they fit local realities
Jan. 21, 2026, 13:00hrs
GENDER: Study links discrimination to poor health outcomes for women in Africa
Jan. 20, 2026, 13:00hrs
MALARIA: Hidden infections driving disease spread in Tanzania
Jan. 19, 2026, 12:00hrs