A snip from the Reproductive Health journal with a snip of Ifakara Health Institute scientist Winfrida Lyoba, the lead author of the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
MATERNAL HEALTH: Only 32 in 100 pregnant women go to the clinic early in western Tanzania, study reveals
A new study from Kasulu Town Council in Western Tanzania has raised concerns over the low number of pregnant women starting antenatal care (ANC) in their first trimester – an essential step in protecting the hea…
A snip from the Human Resources for Health journal with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientists Robert Tillya and Josephine Shabani, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
NEWBORN CARE: Staffing shortages threaten survival of small and sick babies
As the world marks World Prematurity Day this week, we are reminded of the urgent need to strengthen care systems to save newborns lives. In a recent study led by partners within the Newborn Essential Solutions and Te…
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WORLD PREMATURITY DAY 2025: Give preterm babies a strong start for a hopeful future
The Ifakara Health Institute joined families, healthcare professionals, and organizations worldwide in obs…
Snip from Montreux Collaborative website.
BLOG: Ifakara scientist featured on WHO blog on health financing
The Ifakara Health Institute’s Dr. Peter Binyaruka was featured by the World Health Organization in a Montreux C…
A snip from the Nature Communications journal with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientists Susan Rumisha and Punam Amratia, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
URGENT: New study reveals alarming delays in malaria treatment for children in Africa
A major new scientific study has raised urgent concern over delayed malaria treatment among children across Sub-Saharan Africa — warning that millions of young lives are put at risk when treatment does not begin…
Dr. Samuel Salvatory, Clinician and Principal Investigator of the CARECHAIN-NCD Project at Ifakara Health Institute, leads a group discussion during the NCD management training in Ifakara, Morogoro. PHOTO | IFAKARA Communications
TRAINING: Building skills for better non-communicable disease care
The CARECHAIN-NCD project implemented by Ifakara Health Institute, conducted a three-day …
A snip from Parasites & Vector journal with an inset of Ifakara Health Institute scientist Emmanuel Kaindoa, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
MALARIA CONTROL: Crop pollen linked to increased mosquito reproduction
Rice fields could be providing ideal breeding conditions for malaria-carrying mosquitoes due to pollen present in standing water, according to a recent study by researchers from Uganda, Switzerland, and Tanzania.
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PODCAST: Ifakara scientists featured on Foreign Policy’s “The Threshold”
On November 6, 2025, two Ifakara Health Institute scientists were featured in the latest episode of The Threshold. This is a Foreign Policy podcast exploring the global fight to end infectious diseases and th…
A snip from the Malaria Journal with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientists, Tegemeo Gavana and Prosper Chaki, who contributed to the studies. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
LARVICIDING: Small gains, big value in the fight against malaria
New studies conducted in Tanzania’s Tanga Region has found that larviciding – treating water bodies to kill mosquito larvae – has limited impact on reducing malaria transmission, even though the appr…
A snip from the Viruses journal with an inset of Ifakara Health Institute scientist, Robert Sumaye, the co-lead author of the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
WARNING: Rift Valley Fever silently circulating undetected in Tanzania
Rift Valley fever (RVF), a viral disease affecting both animals and humans, is circulating year-round in parts of Tanzania without being detected by routine surveillance, according to new research published on Vir…