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WORKSHOP: Strengthening institutional support systems for research excellence in Africa
From May 4 to 6, 2026, the Ifakara Health Institute participated in the Academic, Professional, and Administrative Sta…
A snip from The Lancet journal with an inset of Ifakara Health Institute scientist Robert Ndege, one of the lead author of the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
DIAGNOSTICS: Why are some HIV patients with TB still dying before detecting it?
Despite advances in tuberculosis diagnosis, a new study in Tanzania and Mozambique suggests that many critically ill people living with HIV are still dying before TB can be detected and treated in time.
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A snip from the Scientific Reports with an inset of Ifakara Health Institute scientist Francesco Baldini, one of the senior author of the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
INNOVATION: AI tool shows promise in identifying malaria mosquitoes fast
Scientists have tested an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool designed to identify and estimate faster than before the age of malaria mosquitoes — a method researchers say could help support future malaria…
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INTEREST2026: Ifakara at a global research convening in Dar
Ifakara Health Institute is taking part in the 20th edition of the International Conference on HIV Treatment, Pathogen…
A snip from the Malaria Journal with an inset of Ifakara Health Institute scientist Victoria Githu, the lead author of the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
REVIEW: Mosquito data gaps may limit what malaria trials can teach us
Scientists at the Ifakara Health Institute and partners in the UK after reviewing decades of malaria research have revealed important weaknesses in how mosquito data is measured and designed in malaria vector-control …
A snip from the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientists Ezekiel Luoga, Dorcas Mnzava, Maja Weisser aand Robert Ndege, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
HIV: Study raises concern over drug resistance in young patients
A new study has found that many children and adolescents living with HIV in Tanzania and Lesotho who are not responding well to treatment are carrying drug-resistant strains of the virus. However, researchers say resi…
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MEETING: Partners align ahead of the Beginnings Fund Tanzania launch
Momentum is building ahead of the launch of the Beginnings Fund Tanzania Mainland Investment Program, a new phi…
A snip from the Parasites & Vectors with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientist Reuben Mmweteni, Emmanuel Kaindoa and Francesco Baldini, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
MALARIA: Natural bacteria in mosquitoes may help curb the disease
Scientists from Ifakara Health Institute studying wild mosquitoes in southeastern Tanzania have discovered that wild anopheles funestus mosquitoes naturally carry wolbachia — a bacterium increasingly being explo…
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TOUR: Ifakara visits The Kids Research Institute in Australia
From 28 April to 1 May 2026, the Ifakara Health Institute undertook a strategic knowledge-sharing visit to The Kids Re…
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CONFERENCE: SFUCHAS, Ifakara to host scientific conference next month
St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences (SFUCHAS), in collaboration with the Ifakara Cluster – including Ifakara Healt…