About the event

The Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is excited to announce the 2025 Annual Scientific Conference (IASC2025), taking place from September 2–4, 2025, at the Mbezi Garden Hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This event brings together scientists, policymakers, health professionals, and partners to share practical innovations and research that strengthen health systems through technology, evidence, and data.

THEME: "Towards 70 years of Impact: Building Resilient Health Systems through Data and Technology"

In today’s fast-changing health landscape, strong health systems are more important than ever. This year’s theme highlights how data and technology can transform systems to be not only robust and responsive but also equitable, people-focused, and adaptable to change.

Resilient health systems can anticipate, manage, and respond to a wide range of challenges—from climate events and disease outbreaks to population changes and resource constraints. Technology and data are key to achieving this resilience, enabling early detection, guiding evidence-based decisions, improving care delivery, and enhancing health surveillance and response.

The conference will explore how emerging tools such as artificial intelligence, digital platforms, nanotechnologies, and big data can be applied in Tanzania and beyond to improve health outcomes. It will also emphasize the importance of ethical data management, inclusive innovation, and strong community engagement to ensure that the benefits of technology reach the most vulnerable populations.

NOTE: This event is invite only