The Ifakara Health Institute team at the Tanzania Health Summit, led by the Chief Executive Director, Dr. Honorati Masanja, [center - in a dark suit], poses for a final group photo after a successful conference at Fumba Town, Zanzibar on Thursday, October 3, 2024. PHOTO | IFAKARA Communications
#THS2024: Ifakara wraps up Tanzania Health Summit 2024!
From October 1-3, 2024, we were honored to participate in the 11th Annual Tanzania Health Summit in Zanzibar, themed “Igniting Progress: Joining Efforts for Quality Healthcare through Public-Private Partnerships…
Visitors at the NEST360 Program booth during the 2024 Tanzania Health Summit hear about the initiative from Hope Peter, the program's biochemical engineer. Photo by IFAKARA Communications.
#THS2024: NEST360 exhibits innovative tools for newborns
The 11th Tanzania Health Summit kicked off on October 1, 2024, in Zanzibar, with the Newborn Essential Solutions & Technologies (NEST360) program, implemented by Ifakara Health Institute and partners in Tanzania, …
Ifakara research scientist Sheikha Mohamed engages with visitors at the Ifakara Health Institute exhibition booths during the 2024 Tanzania Health Summit in Zanzibar. Photo by IFAKARA Communications.
#THS2024: Ifakara “igniting progress” at Tanzania Health Summit 2024!
The 11th Annual Tanzania Health Summit took place in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from October 1-3, 2024. Themed "Igniting Progress: Joining Efforts for Quality Healthcare through Public-Private Partnerships," the su…
A snip from the September 2024 edition's featured story. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
MTAFITI: Transforming lives of youth with HIV
"MTAFITI" - the monthly news and events round-up of Ifakara Health Institute - September 2024 edition is out. The edition focuses on how peer-led, group-based initiatives can be leveraged to enhance mental h…
(L-R) Dr. Mahmoud Abdulwahab Alawi, Principal of KIST; a Biomedical Engineer at KIST; Zanzibar's Minister of Health, Nassor Ahmed Mazru; and the Dean of the School of Health and Medical Sciences at SUZA during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the skills labs at KIST.
LAUNCH: NEST360 program unveils skill labs in Zanzibar
On September 30, 2024, in a ceremony held at the Karume Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in Zanzibar, key pa…
Ifakara scientist, Dr. Lina Finda, briefs councilors from Ifakara and Masasi on research conducted at the Vector Sphere site during their visit to Ifakara Health Institute. Photo credit: IFAKARA Communications.
VISIT: Ifakara hosts town councilors for an engaging research tour
Today, Ifakara Health Institute welcomed a delegation of councilors from the Ifakara Town Council and Masasi Town Council at its offices in Ifakara.
Invited by the Directo…
Participants of the infectious diseases training attentively follow a microbiology practical session in the lab, led by Lab Scientist Peter Mang’ara, at the St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital in Ifakara. Photo by IFAKARA Communications.
TRAINING: Healthcare professionals equipped with skills in diagnosis, management
On 26 September 2024, the Chronic Diseases Clinic of Ifakara (CDCI), which is run by the Ifakara Health Institute and partners, held a hands-on training session on the "Management of Infections in Times of Antimi…
Ifakara Health Institute team from the Chronic Disease Clinic in Ifakara (CDCI) pose for a group photo outside the Kiberege Agricultural Prison in Kilombero Valley. Photo courtesy of Edgar Enzigard
IMPACT: Ifakara, partners expand HIV, TB screening program for inmates
In continuing its outreach efforts to address two major health concerns among inmates in the Kilombero Valley—TB and HIV—the Ifakara Health Institute and its partners recently conducted the second engageme…
Dr. Kennedy Lushasi, a rabies research scientist at Ifakara giving his presentation. PHOTO: Martha Luka
DISSEMINATION: Ifakara shares rabies research at 8th World One Health Congress
Ifakara Health Institute took part in the 8th World One Health Congress held in Cape Town, South Africa, from Septembe…
(L-R) Dr. Cheong Huat Tan from the National Environment Agency of Singapore, Mr. Mouhamed Drabo from Target Malaria, Burkina Faso, Dr. Dickson Lwetoijera, a principal research scientist at Ifakara Health Institute and Prof. Dr. Leo Braack from Malaria Consortium, Malawi.
IMPACT: Ifakara at global forum to discuss latest developments in tropical medicine, malaria
From 20-23rd September 2024, Ifakara Health Institute took part in the 21st Int…