

Chief of Party for the Shinda (DEFEAT) Malaria Project, Dr. Dunstan Bishanga briefing the representatives about the third year implementation of the program | PHOTO: Shinda (DEFEAT) Malaria Communications
PLANNING: Malaria program strategizes for third year of implementation
On July 16, 2024, the PMI Shinda (Defeat) Malaria project, which is funded …
A snip from The Lancet journal with an inset of NEST360's committee member, Dr. Nahya Salim Masoud | IFAKARA COMMUNICATIONS
PROFILE: Dr. Nahya Salim – a champion of newborn health in Tanzania
On July 6th 2024, The Lancet – a prestigious high impact peer-reviewed journal – profiled Dr. Nahya Salim Masoud, a member of the steering committee of the Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies (NES…
Ifakara Communication Officer Jane Moshi (left) listens on during the USAID/Tanzania "Fundamentals of Impactful Communication" Workshop held in Dar. Photo courtesy of USAID
TRAINING: Ifakara sharpens communication skills at USAID Workshop
In a move to sharpen their communication capabilities, a couple of members of the Ifakara Health Institute participated in the USAID/Tanzania "Fundamentals of Impactful Communication" Workshop held from July…

Mr Ahmadi Bakari, one of the Master's students from the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) presenting his concept note. PHOTO: IFAKARA Communications
TRAINING: Emerging scholars present cutting-edge research work
From July 8-16 2024, twenty-one Master's students from the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Techn…

The Assistant Director for Child Development Affairs in Tanzania's Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Women, and Special Groups, Mathias Haule, presents a concept note for reviewing the Tanzania Child Development Policy 2008 at a dissemination forum hosted by Ifakara Health Institute in Morogoro today. PHOTO | IFAKARA Communications
REFORMS: Review of Tanzania’s child development policy underway
The national and international multi-stakeholders meeting for three days in Morogoro resolved that Tanzania’s Na…

The ECD project’s Principal Investigator Dr. Ester Elisaria making remarks during the unveiling. PHOTO: IFAKARA Communications
UNVEILED: New phase of Tanzania’s early childhood development project
On July 11 2024, the Early Childhood Development (ECD) research group at the Ifakara Health Institute announced the pr…

The Director of Child Affairs at Tanzania’s Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Women, and Special Groups, Sebastian Kitiku, speaks at the dissemination workshop hosted by the ECD project in Morogoro. PHOTO: IFAKARA Communications
APPRECIATION: Ministry director applauds Ifakara for excellence in research
On July 11 2024, the Director of Child Affairs at Tanzania’s Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Women, a…

Snippet from the AZAM TV segment.
NEWS: Ifakara science director on promising new malaria vaccine
On July 10, 2024, Dr. Ally Olotu, Ifakara Health Institute’s Director of Science, spoke with AZAM Media on its f…

GRAPHIC: Snip from the OP-ED from The Chanzo webpage
OPED: Ifakara scientist talks mosquito genetic modification
Dr. Brian Tarimo, a research scientist at the Ifakara Health Institute, was featured by "The Chanzo" –…

The Children Affairs Director in the Ministry of Community Development Sebastian Kitiku gives remarks to official kick start dissemination workshop proceedings. Left is the Ifakara Health Institute Chief Executive Direcror, Dr. Honorati Masanja. PHOTO | IFAKARA Comunications
DISSEMINATION: Ifakara project shares findings of early childhood development study
The Early Childhood Development (ECD) research team, led by the project’s Principal Investigator Dr. Ester Elisaria, hosted a national workshop in Morogoro, Tanzania, to disseminate findings from their latest st…