Ifakara Health Institute senior research scientist, Dr. Samson Kiware, speaks at a press conference organized ahead of the Data Tamasha 2021 event which kicks off today in Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Courtesy
FORUM: Ifakara at University of Dar es Salaam’s “Data Tamasha” 2021
Ifakara Health Institute’s Mathematical Modelling and Data Science Capacity Project, led by Dr. Samson Kiware, takes part in the Data Tamasha 2021 at the College of Information and Communication Technologies (Co…
Head of the Chronic Diseases Clinic of Ifakara, Dr. Robert Ndege facilitates a special workshop organized by the CDCI for boarding school teachers in Ifakara Town to make them understand the challenges of living with HIV and ensure they are empathetic enough to lend an ear when needed, and be present and ready to offer support whenever necessary. ALL PHOTOS | IFAKARA/COms
#AIDSDAY2021: Raising the voice of adolescents, youths to "end inequalities, AIDS, and pandemics"
On the international AIDS Day today, experts at the Chronic Disease Clinic of Ifakara (CDCI), come together to highlight progress made towards ending HIV/AIDS and also remind themselves of the challenges and the fight…
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FORUM: Ifakara shines at 2021 national non-communicable diseases conference
Eleven (11) researchers from Ifakara Health Institute and collaborating partners presented at the third national scientific conference on non-communicable diseases held in Arusha for two days from November 11-12, 2021…
The Danish Ambassador to Tanzania, Mette Nørgaard Dissing-Spandet and Deputy Permanent Secretary (Health) in the President's Office (Regional Administration and Local Governments), Dr. Grace Magembe, cut the ribbon to officially launch the Swahili version of the Safe Delivery App in Dar es Salaam today. Looking on is Ifakara Chief Executive Director, Dr. Honorati Masanja. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
LAUNCH: New Swahili App for healthcare workers unveiled in Dar
Ifakara Health Institute and partners today in Dar es Salaam officially launched a Swahili version of the Safe Delivery App – a mobile training tool and job aid for healthcare workers to ensure safer childbirths…
Ifakara Health Institute booth at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Center in Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | Courtesy of Christine Bohne
FORUM: Ifakara showcases work at scientific conference in Dar
Ifakara Health Institute is part of this year’s Annual Scientific Conference on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health held in Dar es Salaam from November 17-19. Two Ifakara projects, NEST360 program and Safe Delive…
Tanzania's Health Minister, Dr. Dorothy Gwajima (center) cuts the ribbon to officially launch a Neonatal Ward at Temeke Referral Hospital in Dar es Salaam today. Holding the ribbon for her to cut it (R-L) are: Dr. Ntuli Kapologwe, the Director of Health in the President's Office (Regional Administration and Local Governments); Ifakara Chief Executive Director, Dr. Honorati Masanja; Temeke DC Jokate Mwegelo; and Dar es Salaam Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Rashid Mfaume. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
LAUNCH: Ifakara, partners unveil NEST360 program for preterm babies
Ifakara Health Institute today joined Tanzania’s Ministry of Health, Temeke Referral Hospital, and other partners implementing the NEST360 (Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies) program in Tanzania in la…
This is one of the iconic photos of President Julius Nyerere (center) and his delegation visiting Ifakara in the 1960s. He was welcome by Ifakara founder Prof Rudolf Geigy (first right). PHOTO | IFAKARA/FILE
COMMEMORATION: We celeberate Nyerere's iconic support to Ifakara, public health research
It's Nyerere Day today. Every 14th of October Tanzanians honour the memory of the nation's first president and the number one leader in independence movement. He also led in effecting the union of Tanganyika a…
Dr. Paul Kazyoba – Chief Research Scientist and Director of Research Coordination and Promotion at NIMR (right) speaks during the stakeholder meeting which discussed research and interventions for reducing salt intake in Tanzania held in Arusha on August 31st 2021. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms.
ENGAGEMENT: Ifakara, partner experts discuss research and interventions to reduce high salt intake in Tanzania
Ifakara Health Institute, through a project “Strengthening Social Science Capacity (SSSC),” on August 31st 2021 hosted a day-long stakeholder meeting which discussed research and interventions for reducing…
Ifakara's NM-AIST graduates pose for a group photo after being awarded with their degrees. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
GRADUATION: Ifakara master’s program students among graduates of Nelson Mandela university
Three master’s students, who followed their postgraduate studies at the Ifakara Health Institute Training Center in Bagamoyo, were among individuals who were conferred with various degrees of the Nelson Mandela …
HIA4SD Principal Investigator, Dr. Isaac Lyatuu presents during the meeting. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
ENGAGEMENT: Ifakara project hosts multi-stakeholder meeting in Dodoma
Ifakara Health Institute’s Health Impact Assessment for Sustainable Development (HIA4SD) project organized a multi-stakeholder meeting in Dodoma on August 12, 2021, during which the co-investigators shared findi…