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TRAINING: Ifakara, partners empower young health professionals with cardiac care skills
Twenty-four young clinicians have enhanced their cardiac diagnostic skills through an intensive echocardiography training course jointly organized by the Ifakara Health Institute and its partners. The training focused…
A snip from Malaria World Journal with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientists Anitha Mutashobya, and Dickson Lwetoijera, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications.
MALARIA CONTROL: Targeting mosquitoes early at the source
Larval source management—a strategy that targets mosquitoes at their breeding and larval stages—is gaining attention as an alternative approach to malaria control. In this context, scientists at the Ifakar…
Group photo of the meeting attendees. PHOTO: IFAKARA Communications
CONFERENCE: NEST360 Tanzania shines at International Maternal, Newborn Health Conference in Nairobi
The NEST360 program, implemented in Tanzania by the Ifakara Health Institute was part of the vibrant gathering at the International Materna…
A snip from the Malaria Journal with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientists Nancy Nshatsi and Emmanuel Kaindoa, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
MALARIA: Climate change driving disease fears in Tanzania’s rural communities
Communities in south-eastern Tanzania are increasingly linking changing weather patterns to a rise in malaria, according to a new study.
The research, published on the Mal…
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BREAKTHROUGH: New drug offers hope in the fight against river blindness
Two new studies suggest that oxfendazole, a medicine long used in animals, could have the potential to treat river blindness, a parasitic disease affecting millions of people, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Farida Katunzi from the Ifakara Health Institute presents findings at the meeting.
MEETING: Informing Tanzania’s key milestones in early childhood development
On 16–17 March 2026, the Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Women and Special Groups (MoCDGWSGs) held a …
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MEETING: Partners convene to review progress of malaria project
On 6 March 2026, the Ifakara Health Institute convened the 3rd Joint-Project Implementation Committee (J-PIC) Meeting …
A snip from the Malariaworld Journal with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientist Sarah Moore, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
CREATIVITY: Simple adjustments could improve predictions of malaria mosquito net durability
For millions of people living in malaria-affected regions, sleeping under a mosquito net can be lifesaving. But an important question remains: how long does the net protection last, especially after it has been washed…
Ifakara Health Institute's Chief Executive Director, Dr. Honorati Masanja giving remarks during the National World TB Day event held at Mbagala Zakhem Grounds, Dar es Salaam. Photo by IFAKARA Communications
KEY MESSAGE: Science alone won’t end TB—Communities will!
“Tanzania has a real opportunity to end tuberculosis—through local leadership, science, and community-driven action. But science alone cannot do it. The most powerful force we have is the people.&rdq…
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COMMEMORATION: World Tuberculosis Day 2026
This World Tuberculosis Day, the Ifakara Health Institute joins the global community in reaffirming a shared commitment to end tuberculosis once and for all. Under this year’s theme, “Yes! We Can End TB! L…