Secretary to the Ifakara Health Institute Institutional Review Board (IHI-IRB), Dr. Mwifadhi Mrisho, presents to training participants on research ethics and their application in public health research during the BOHEMIA Census Training held in Rufiji, Tanzania from March 02 - 13, 2020. PHOTO | Joseph Madata/IHIcoms
BOHEMIA project hosts census training in Rufiji
The BOHEMIA (Broad One Health Endectocide-based Malaria Intervention in Africa) project conducted a two-week census training for fieldworkers and supervisors. The training covered a number of topics including: ethics and their application in rese…
Representatives from APHFTA, CSSC and PharmAccess display a ‘Quality Improvement Declaration’ they signed, committing to strengthening quality in Tanzania’s private healthcare sector. PHOTO/Joseph Madata/IHIcoms
SafeCare project holds one-day symposium in Dar
A one-day symposium was held in Dar es Salaam on 28th February 2020 to learn from the results of evaluations of quality improvement programmes, and to discuss the way forward for institutionalizing quality in Tanzania’s private sector.
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Training participants sketch in one of the group sessions during the training. PHOTO/Courtesy of Gumi Abdallah/QUADS
IHI project trains public health champions in Mtwara
Ifakara Health Institute QUADS project conducted quality improvement training for champions of the project in Mtwara region during the first week of February 2020. The training aimed to scale up the proven quality improvement model used by the pr…
Dr. Elisaria. She leads a team of IHI researchers assessing the drivers of stunting in Njombe. PHOTO | FILE
Njombe: Assessment of stunting drivers underway
Dr. Esther Elisaria leads an Ifakara Health Institute team of researchers assessing drivers of stunting in Njombe region. The team, which kicked off the assignment on January 26, is expected to complete the job on February 10, 2020.
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IHI researcher, Dr. Michael Mihayo speaks at the first-ever event to mark the World NTD Day in Bagamoyo, Tanzania today.
IHI hosts first-ever World NTD Day in Bagamoyo
Ifakara Health Institute today hosted the first-ever World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day with a colorful event held in Bagamoyo – Tanzania’s old capital located 80 kilometers north-west of the country’s main port and com…
Symposium chair and moderator, Harvard University professor Wafaie Fawzi hands the microphone to IHI CED, Dr. Honorati Masanja for the latter to respond to a question during the day-long Muhas-Harvard Symposium held in Dar es Salaam on January 22, 2020. Looking on is Ms. Sarah Somji from Muhas who was amongst the symposium speakers. PHOTO | SAIMON MSIGWA/IHIcoms
CED gives keynote speech at Muhas-Harvard forum
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) Chief Executive Director, Dr. Honorati Masanja, gave a keynote speech at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (Muhas)-Harvard University Collaborative Symposium held in Dar es Salaam today. The tit…
Workshop facilitator Olukayode Odufuwa stresses a point when presenting on the opening day of the IHI-WHO joint workshop in Bagamoyo on December 4, 2019. PHOTO | JOSEPH MADATA/IHIcoms
IHI-WHO joint workshop kicks off in Bagamoyo
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) and World Health Organization (WHO) host Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) and Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) Protocol Writing and Analysis Workshop in Bagamoyo from December 4-13, 2019.
Participants com…
IHI experts offerred free of charge various services such as blook pressure screening to Ifakara residents and visitors, including pupils. PHOTO | COURTESY OF ANNA EICHENBERGER
IHI marks World AIDS Day in style
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) staff joined members of the community from all walks of life in Ifakara and its nearby suburbs in observing World AIDS Day on December 1, 2019, with a series of coordinated events.
The Chronic Diseases Cli…
Evaluation project Principal Investigator (PI), Dr. Sanam Roder-DeWan clarifies a point as she shares results of the Star Rating Program evaluation in Dar es Salaam today.
IHI shares Star Rating Program evaluation results
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) researchers shared in Dar es Salaam today results of the national Star Rating Program evaluation done by IHI for two months – from July to August – this year. The program, whose primary objective is impr…
IHI seasoned researcher Dr. Ester Elisaria stresses a point when presenting results during the USAID's HEARD Project Dissemination in Dodoma on November 14 2019. PHOTO | Joseph Madata/IHIcoms
HEARD project dissemination in Dodoma
Researchers from Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) and partner institutions disseminated results of the USAID funded Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) project, obtained from a study on urban nutrition and (Water, Sanitation …