A snip from PLOS ONE with an inset of Ifakara Health Institute, Samson Kiware, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications.
MALARIA: Long-term control efforts cut cases in Zambia
A long-term study in southeastern Zambia, shows that sustained malaria control efforts can greatly reduce malaria cases and hospital admissions.
The research, published in…
Graphic: Ifakara Communications
COMMEMORATION: Today, we honor the Zanzibar Revolution!
January 12 marks Zanzibar Revolution Day, a national holiday in Tanzania that commemorates the 1964 revolution, which ended the Sultanate’s…
Ifakara's Director of Science, Dr. Ally Olotu, providing more explanations of Ifakara Health Institute. PHOTO: Ifakara Communications
VISIT: Ifakara hosts University of Zurich delegation in Bagamoyo
On January 9, 2026, the Ifakara Health Institute hosted a delegation of students from a Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) programme at the University of Zurich, Sw…
(L–R) Ifakara Health Institute Chief Executive Director and NEST360 Tanzania Country Lead, Dr. Honorati Masanja, presents a farewell gift to Prof. Joy Lawn.
FAREWELL: NEST360 Tanzania bids farewell to Prof Joy Lawn
On January 8, 2026, the NEST360 team in Tanzania bid farewell to Prof. Joy Lawn, a member of the NEST360 Steering Comm…
Principal Investigator Emmanuel Mbuba presenting during the meeting. PHOTO: IFAKARA Communications
MEETING: Stakeholders discuss bed-net durability study updates
Researchers, policymakers, and public health stakeholders convened in Dar es Salaam on January 8–9, 2026, for th…
A snip from the Parasites & Vectors journal with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientists Najat Kahamba and Francesco Baldini, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications.
MALARIA CONTROL: Fungus helps defeat insecticide-resistant mosquitoes
A recent study by researchers from Tanzania, Burkina Faso and the UK has found that a naturally occurring fungus can weaken malaria mosquitoes and reverse their resistance to commonly used insecticides, a discovery th…
A snip from the BMJ Global Health with an inset of Ifakara Health Institute research scientist Dr. Jerry Hella, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications.
TB: Decentralizing testing cuts costs, improves early access to treatment
For many patients, getting tested for tuberculosis (TB) using widely available diagnostic tools can be expensive, slow and often delaying life-saving treatment, since these tests rely on centralized systems, where sam…
Delegates from the University of Glasgow—Prof. Chris Pearce and Mary Ryan—pose for a group photo with their hosts, Dr. Zawadi Mageni Mboma and Mr. Fredrick Masanja, during their visit to the Ifakara Health Institute offices in Morogoro. (From left to right: Prof. Chris Pearce, Dr. Zawadi Mageni Mboma, Mary Ryan, and Mr. Fredrick Masanja). Photo by IFAKARA Communications
TOUR: High-level University of Glasgow delegation visits Ifakara sites
This week, the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) hosted a delegation from the University of …
A snip from the Springer Nature Link with insets of Ifakara Health Institute Scientist, Prof. Sarah Moore, who was the last author. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
DURABILITY: Are malaria mosquito nets as long-lasting as we think?
A new study by the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania, working with international partners, is questioning whether insecticide-treated nets (IT…
A snip from the Royal Society Open Science journal with insets of Ifakara Health Institute Scientists, Kennedy Lushasi, Joel Changalucha, and Lwitiko Sikana, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
INNOVATION: Smarter way to detect disease outbreaks in animals, humans
In a new study, scientists from the UK and Tanzania have introduced a new and improved method for identifying disease outbreaks, particularly when they occur across diverse groups: domestic animals, wildlife, or peopl…