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  Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), formerly known as Ifakara Health Research & Development Centre (IHRDC), is a non-for profit, district-based health research and resource centre. The headquarters, located in Ifakara town, has grown from a small Swiss Tropical Institute (now Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute or Swiss TPH) field laboratory some 50 years ago, into an internationally-renowned research institute.

IHI’s history is traced as far back as 1949 when the Swiss Tropical Institute (STI, now the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute or Swiss TPH) sent its members to visit Ifakara in Morogoro, Tanzania. In 1956 STI established its field laboratory that grew into “Ifakara Centre.” In 1991, the centre became an affiliate of the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR).

In 1996 IHRDC was established as an independent Trust, under the leadership of a Board of Governors and Board of Trustees chaired by the Ministry of Health (MoH). IHRDC was renamed IHI in 2008.
 
   
 
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