Deep Cities project Principal Investigator, Dr. Yeromin Mlacha, speaks during the project launch in Dar es Salaam on August 9, 2022. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Communications
RESEARCH: New study to investigate relationship between mosquito densities and urban architecture
Ifakara Health Institute and partners from the Royal Danish Academy and the University of Copenhagen met in Dar es Salaam to launch a new project which aims to investigate the relationship between mosquito densities i…
Chief guest at the Farmers Show in Morogoro, State Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, George Simbachawene (third-left) is briefed by Ifakara researcher, Alex Limwagu (fourth-right) at the Ifakara pavillion on August 8th 2022. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Communications
ENGAGEMENT: Ifakara engages stakeholders at ‘Nane Nane’ Show
Ifakara Health Institute participated in this year’s annual Farmers Show, popularly known as “Nane Nane” at the Julius Nyerere Exhibition grounds in Morogoro where an Ifakara team engaged directly wi…
Dr. Sally Mtenga presents at a past forum. PHOTO | IFAKARA/File
FORUM: Ifakara engages partners at MUHAS scientific conference in Dar
Ifakara Health Institute participated in the 10th Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) scientific conference which was held recently at the Muhimbili campus in Upanga, Dar es Salaam.
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Workshop participants in a group photo. PHOTO | COURTESY/Donat Shamba
ENGAGEMENT: Ifakara, partners draw operational plan for reproductive, maternal, and new-born health
Ifakara Health Institute participated in an annual workshop for Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) interventions held in Morogoro. The four-day workshop was held from Ju…
Ifakara Chief Executive Director, Dr. Honorati Masanja (right), poses for a photo with Ifakara's SPARC project lead, Dr. Fatuma Manzi (2nd left) , and other participants on the sidelines of the SPARC networking meeting in Arusha this week. PHOTO | COURTESY/Mary Irema.
ENGAGEMENT: Ifakara, 10 African partners discuss “strategic health purchasing”
Ifakara health Institute alongside ten other African institutes which form the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Centre (SPARC) participated in a meeting to discuss the SPARC partnership framework and principles to…
MUST Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Godliving Mtui (left), receives one of the equipment for new-borns to simbolize the official hand over of a skills-lab of new-born equipment for bio-medical engineers. The event was held at the MUST campus in Mbeya on Friday, July 23rd, 2022. PHOTO | COURTESY/Donat Shamba
EMPOWERMENT: NEST360 program hands-over new-born equipment to Mbeya university
The NEST360 program which is implemented in Tanzania by Ifakara Health Institute and partners handed over to the Mbeya University of Science and Technology (MUST) new-born equipment for training biomedical engineers i…
Ifakara cluster organizations representatives pose for a group photo inside their exhibition booth at the JNICC in Dar es Salaam. The Ifakara Health Institute team was led by the Lab Manager Faraji Abilahi (2nd-right). PHOTOS | IFAKARA_Coms/Courtesy of Silma Swaibu
FORUM: Ifakara showcases research work at AMECEA as President Samia addresses assembly
Ifakara Health Institute joined other partners forming the Ifakara Cluster Organizations at the 20th AMECEA plenary assembly which is taking place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for slightly over a week – from 8th t…
Prof. Marcel Tanner.
TALK: Swiss scholar lecture on health research "decolonization" June 16, 2022 at 11am EAT
Swiss medical biologist, Prof. Marcel Tanner, will give a talk entitled, "Decolonizing Health Research: The Perspective of Low-Income Countries" from Bagamoyo, Tanzania on Thursday, the 16th of June 2022 fro…
A participant contributes to the discussions. PHOTOS | COURTESY/Silma Swaibu
FORUM: NEST360 country program teams hold global meeting in Dar
Ifakara Health Institute’s NEST360 program alongside NEST360 country teams from Malawi, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, UK and US are holding a global meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from June 14 to 16, 2022…
Ifakara Health Institute Chief Executive Director Dr. Honorati Masanja (center) poses for a group photo with the visiting BMGF team and their IFAKARA hosts at the Kingani Clinical Trials Facility during day one of the tour in Bagamoyo on June 13, 2022. PHOTOS | IFAKARA/Coms.
VISIT: Ifakara, Gates team discuss future partnerships in malaria vaccine research
Ifakara Health Institute hosts a team of officials from the US-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in Bagamoyo from June 13 to 15, 2022. The aim of the trip is for BMGF and IFAKARA to discuss potential part…