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We are who we are because of who you are! This is the true meaning of Ubuntu. Sayansi na Ubuntu is the official IHI blog for scientists to comment and reflect on important research findings and other health issues. In the African spirit of Ubuntu, the blog is published in lay language.

African health ministers commit to concerted action to end malaria deaths

African health ministers commit to concerted action to end malaria deaths

Writes Felista Tarimo

On March 6, health ministers from Africa…

HIV: Reducing deaths through improved diagnosis

HIV: Reducing deaths through improved diagnosis

In a recent Letter to the Editor published in the HIV Medicine journal, Dr. Robert Ndege, a Research Scientist at the Ifakara Health Institute, advocates for the implementation of guidelines within national HIV progra…

CONVERSATION: Ifakara scientist shares malaria research experience

CONVERSATION: Ifakara scientist shares malaria research experience

Dr. Sally Mtenga, a senior social research scientist at the Ifakara Health Institute, recently discussed her experience working in the field of malaria research in an interview that was published in the Swiss Tropical…

EXPERT VIEW: Towards malaria elimination in Tanzania

EXPERT VIEW: Towards malaria elimination in Tanzania

Yusufu Kionga is a social scientist who has worked at the Ifakara Health Institute for slightly over 5 years. With funding from the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), Kionga engages in a wide range of ac…

PARTNERSHIP:  A Swiss-Tanzanian collaboration on health sector innovation, entrepreneurship

PARTNERSHIP: A Swiss-Tanzanian collaboration on health sector innovation, entrepreneurship

Writes Masoud Mnonji

In Tanzania and throughout Sub-Saharan Africa in general, there is a significant gap between research and practice. To close this gap…

A brief history of selected malaria vaccines and interventions in Africa 1943-2021

A brief history of selected malaria vaccines and interventions in Africa 1943-2021

Write: Lukas Meier | Giovanni Casagrande | Salim Abdulla | Honorati Masanja

Key highlights
In order to be successful in global health today, all the long-established European…

World Malaria Day: The importance of innovation for a malaria-free world

World Malaria Day: The importance of innovation for a malaria-free world

Writes Brian B. Tarimo

On April 25, we celebrate World Malaria Day. Malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment programmes have prevented 1.5 billion cases and saved 7.6 m…

A new scientist emerges from thin air

A new scientist emerges from thin air

When a young man washes his hands clean, he shall be allowed to eat with the elders!

Writes Dr. Fredros Okumu

Once during a mosquito hunting expedition in 20…

Essentials for early-career researchers to succeed

Essentials for early-career researchers to succeed

This is a practical guide for research directors in Africa on how to improve institutional ecosystems for the benefit of the next generation of scientists

By Fredros Okumu

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Why malaria mosquitoes are still dancing in our bedrooms

Why malaria mosquitoes are still dancing in our bedrooms

By Fredros Okumu

There is danger in their music. They party in our bedrooms all night, and boastfully lift their bloody abdomens while jigging on our insecticide-treated bed nets. Their ladies pierce our skins to extrac…