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SYMPOSIUM: Stakeholder engagement on medical devices and healthcare innovations
The Product Development Partnership (PDP) forum of the Ifakara Health Institute on June 10,2022 hosted a day-long innovation symposium on medical devices and healthcare technologies. The event was held at the Commissi…
Member of the tropEd network pose for a group photo with Ifakara Chief Executive Director, Dr. Honorati Masanja (center) and their colleagues who attended the forum virtually from across the globe. This was on June 9th 2022 at the Training Center in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
FORUM: Global health education network holds general assembly at Ifakara center
Members of “tropEd” - a network of institutions for higher education in international health – conducted their General Assembly (GA) meeting from June 9-to 11, 2022 for the first time in Tanzania &nd…
POETIC project Principal Investigator Dr. Tim Baker speaks at the meeting held in Dar es Salaam early this week. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
DISSEMINATION: Project on care for critically ill patients shares research findings
After two years of extensive research which aimed to improve the care of critically ill patients, Ifakara Health Institute and partners held a dissemination meeting with stakeholders in Dar es Salaam to discuss the fi…
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RESEARCH: Ifakara, partners kick off COVID-19 study in Zanzibar
A new COVID-19 study has been launched in Zanzibar. The scientific surveillance assessment, scheduled to last 18 months, is entitled “Population-based age-stratified seroepidemiological investigation for coronav…
“BiliDix” machine demonstration. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
INNOVATION: Ifakara partners launch new tool for challenged newborns
Ifakara Health Institute (Ifakara)’s NEST360 program partners - Hatch Technologies and Anudha Limited – have launched a new tool known as “BiliDx” - a bilirubinometer which allows nurses and cl…
Kilombero District Commissioner, Hanji Godigodi, stresses a point in one of the in-door sessions. Looking on and listening attentively are [R-L] Ifakara branch manager Frederick Masanja and official of the Product Development Program - an IIH partner - Masoud Mnonji. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
ENGAGEMENT: Hub hosts “Innovation Week Tanzania” in Ifakara. National event in Dodoma
The Ifakara Innovation Hub (IIH) marked Innovation Week Tanzania (IWTz2022) in Ifakara from May 12-13, 2022. As a player in the innovation ecosystem, the hub organized activities and events which complimented this yea…
Azam TV crew interviews Dr. Samson Kiware at the Ifakara booth on the sidelines of the NIMR conference. PHOTO | COURTESY
ENGAGEMENT: Ifakara project showcases research work at NIMR scientific conference
Ifakara Health Institute’s Mathematical Modelling and Data Science Capacity Project, led by Dr. Samson Kiware, participated in this year’s Annual Joint Scientific Conference (AJSC) organized by the Nationa…
Strategic session in progress. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
ENGAGEMENT: Ifakara innovation hub holds strategic meeting with partners in Dar
Ifakara Innovation Hub (IIH) in collaboration with the Product Development Partnership (PDP) forum held a three-day strategic meeting with their partners to discuss a range of topics on innovation and entrepreneurship…
Ifakara researcher, Rose Philipo, gestures as she briefs a visitor about malaria research on the sidelines of the Uhuru Torch event held in Bagamoyo recently. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
ENGAGEMENT: Ifakara showcases research work at Uhuru Torch event in Bagamoyo
Ifakara Health Institute’s research teams from the Entomology, Clinical Trials, and Laboratory units showcased research work at the Uhuru Torch Event held at Nianjema Primary School in Bagamoyo on May 9th 2022. …
A researcher from the London School Joanna Schellenberg presents during the discussion. PHOTO |IFAKARA/Coms
MEETING: Researchers discuss study findings on bed net use in early childhood and survival to adulthood
Scientists from Ifakara Health Institute and partner institutions spent half a day on May 6th 2022 discussing findings of a study they conducted over a two-decade period in rural southern Tanzania which shed light on …