Ifakara and Mwananyamala doctors and nurses attend to people who went to the Dar hospital get educated on TB and test for the disease free of charge. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms.
TB DAY 2022: Ifakara invests in research to end tuberculosis, save lives
Today, on March 24, Ifakara Health Institute marks the World TB Day in style with free consultation and testing on the disease at Mwananyamala Regional Referral Hospital where Ifakara runs a TB clinic for care and res…
The UGHE Clinical Trials Manager Bibie Ngungwa speaks during the closing ceremony at the Ifakara's Clinical Trials Facility in Bagamoyo on Friday, March 25, 2022. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
TRAINING: Ifakara empowers Rwandan university scientists on clinical trials
For slightly over one month, Ifakara Health Institute is hosting a team of four scientists from the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) of Rwanda to introduce them to the principles and practice of clinical tria…
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TALK: Visiting Danish professor gives lecture on “risk-assessment of vector-borne diseases”
On Monday afternoon, Ifakara Health Institute collaborator Prof. Jakob Brandtberg Knudsen from the Royal Danish Academy (RDA) gave a talk headlined, "Risk-assessment of Vector-borne Diseases Based on Deep Learnin…
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LIVE: Ifakara scientists to share insights from African conversations on “Gene Drives for Malaria.”
Ifakara Health Institute researchers, Drs. Lina Finda and Fredros Okumu, will go live on Twitter Spaces on Monday, March 21st 2022 from 12 PM (that’s 16 GMT) to share their insights from the conversatio…
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IMPACT: Ifakara hosts national policy dialogue on strategic health purchasing in Tanzania
Seasoned Ifakara Health Institute researcher, Dr. Fatuma Manzi, is leading a team of scientists from the Health Systems, Impact Evaluation and Policy department at Ifakara facilitating a national dialogue designed to …
Forum participants in a group photo with Ifakara Health Institute Chief Executive Director, Dr. Honorati Masanja (front row-centre) who officially opened the 3-day event. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
ENGAGEMENT: Forum to discuss “provision of essential treatment in critical illness” study progress
Ifakara Health Institute’s Provision of Essential Treatment in Critical Illness (POETIC) project has organized a three-day meeting in Dar es Salaam starting today. The meeting will be attended by all participant…
Ladies from the Dar office of Ifakara Health Institute pose for a group photo at the Muhimbili National Hospital shortly before delivering a consignment of assorted items to the social welfare department at the hospital today. PHOTO |IFAKARA/Coms.
#IWD2022: Ifakara ladies mark Women’s Day with visits, donations to underprivileged groups
On international women’s day today, women staff from all of our offices in Dar es Salaam, Ifakara and Bagamoyo marked the day with visits to hospitals and schools where they donated to underprivileged groups and…
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EMPOWERMENT: Ifakara gives data science training to students, staff at Iringa university college
Ifakara Health Institute’s Data Science and Mathematical Modelling (DsCap) team has organized a six-day training for students and staff at Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE) in Iringa starting on Marc…
Stakeholders attend the NEST360 program pre-service nursing meeting in Dar es Salaam on February 10, 2022. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Comms
MEETING: Stakeholders discuss possibility of introducing neonatal course in nursing programs
The NEST360 program hosted a pre-service nursing meeting in Dar es Salaam recently during which stakeholders discussed the possibilities of introducing the program into the pre-service training curriculum and introduc…
Ifakara Health Institute researcher, Dr. Isaac Lyatuu, gestures as he clarifies a point in one of his presentations during the HIA4SD project stakeholder meeting held in Geita on January 14th 2022. PHOTO | Courtesy
ENGAGEMENT: Ifakara project team hosts multi-stakeholder meeting in Geita
Ifakara Health Institute’s Health Impact Assessment for Sustainable Development (HIA4SD) project organized the second multi-stakeholder meeting in Geita on January 14th 2022, following the first meeting which wa…