Cardiac screening in progress. PHOTO | COURTESY
OUTREACH: Hundreds of children benefit from a cardiac screening program led by Ifakara, partners
A total of 168 children benefited from a pediatric cardiac screening outreach program which was organized by The One New Heart Tanzania in collaboration with For Hearts and Souls from the USA, Benjamin Mkapa Hospital …
A combination of photos depicting Ifakara past outreach engagement on TB. PHOTOS | IFAKARA/KMCfiles
#WORLDTBDAY 2023: Ifakara joins the campaign to #EndTB
Today, March 24, Ifakara Health Institute joins the world to mark World TB Day (#WTD2023) – a day observed annually to commemorate the date when Dr. Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium…
The TBC1's "Mizani" banner. GRAPHIC |IFAKARA/KMC
LIVE TV PROGRAM: GECO project to raise awareness on non-communicable diseases
The Global Effort on COVID-19 (GECO) project has sponsored a TV program to educate the public and raise awareness on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). A special focus will be on how best the diseases, particularly dia…
Ifakara Health Institute Chief Executive Director, Dr. Honorati Masanja, speaks at the China-Tanzania project consultative meeting in Dar es Salaam today. PHOTO | IFAKARA/KMC
MEETING: Ifakara, partners evaluate China-TZ malaria project achievements 2 years on
Today, Ifakara Health Institute and partners from China, Tanzania and UK held a Coordination Management Committee (CMC) meeting in Dar es Salaam to evaluate the already completed China-Tanzania malaria control project…
Researchers from Ifakara Health Institute including the CED, Dr. Honorati Masanja (center) pose for a group photo during the PMI consultative meeting in Dodoma on March 15, 2023. PHOTO | COURTESY/Emmanuel Mbuba
MEETING: Ifakara joins stakeholders to discuss PMI malaria operation plans for Tanzania
Ifakara Health Institute scientists participated in the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) consultative meeting held in Dodoma on March 15, 2023, which discussed the PMI strategic malaria operation plans.&n…
Ifakara researcher, Tegemeo Gavana (1st from right) elaborates to the guests about the China-Tanzania project. PHOTO | IFAKARA/KMC
ASSESSMENT: Completed China-TZ malaria project in Rufiji evaluated
On Tuesday, March 14, Ifakara and partners from China, Tanzania and the UK convened in Rufiji to conduct an external evaluation of a closed China-Tanzania project on malaria control in southern Tanzania. The team was …
A ribbon is cut to symbolize the official opening of the Heart and Lung Clinic in Ifakara on May 6, 2021. PHOTO | IFAKARA/KMC-File
OUTREACH: Ifakara, partners to provide life-saving treatment for children
Next week, on March 25 and 26, there will be a pediatric cardiac screening outreach program at the Ifakara Heart and Lung Clinic which is located within St Francis Referral Hospital (SFRH) in Ifakara.
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Ifakara ladies engage with children at Hisani Orphanage Center during their visit at the center in Kigamboni. PHOTO | IFAKARA/KMC
#IWD2023: Ifakara ladies celebrate with underprivileged groups
To mark International Women's Day celebrations, a group of Dar es Salaam Office ladies organized a visit to Hisani Orphanage Center (HOTC) – a certified home for orphaned children which is located in Mw…
Ifakara Health Institute's e-card celebrating #IWD2023. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA/KMC
#IWD2023: Collectively we can all #EmbraceEquity
It’s Women’s Day today! Ifakara Health Institute ladies across all our branches and offices – Ifakara, Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam – have gone outdoor for strategic engagements with communities,…
Ifakara’s Chief Executive Director, Dr. Honorati Masanja (left) and NM-AIST Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic, Research and Innovation, Prof. Anthony Mshandete (right) during the MoU signing event. PHOTO | IFAKARA/KMC
PARTNERSHIP: Ifakara, Nelson Mandela university sign new MoU to improve training, capacity building
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) and the Nelson Mandela – African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) today in Dar es Salaam signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further improve their partners…