HEALTH ECONOMICS: We should consider the true cost of seeking care
Across many low- and middle-income countries, people face numerous challenges when seeking health care, with one of the biggest barriers being cost…
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE DAY 2025: Making healthcare affordable
On this Universal Health Coverage (UHC) D…
BREAKTHROUGH: Tanzania scientists develop mosquitoes that cannot transmit malaria
In Tanzania, a team of scientists has achieved a major breakthrough that could transform malaria control across Africa: the successful development …
PRESS RELEASE: Breakthrough in the fight against malaria
This fresh Ifakara Health Institute press release highlights a bold new chapter in malaria research in Tanzania. Scientists from the Ifakara Health…
WORKSHOP: Strengthening newborn care, research through parent engagement
The Ifakara Health Institute, through the SNIP-AFRICA project, has conducted two workshops aimed at exploring the challenges that hinder the format…
ANNIVERSARY: Independence Day – Tanzania turns 64!
On 9th December, Tanzania celebrates its journey to freedom, honoring the s…
MENTAL HEALTH: Peer support is transforming care globally
Mental health peer support workers (PSWs) are helping to transform care for people with mental health conditions, a new multi-country study suggest…
TRAINING: Ifakara, partners advance mother–child service delivery in Tanzania
On December 2, 2025, the Ifakara Health Institute joined experts from the Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Wom…
HANDOVER: Ifakara hands over newly renovated newborn care wards to Amana hospital
On December 3 2025, the NEST360 Programme, implemented in Tanzania by…
INTEGRATED CARE: Mental health support transforms lives of young people with HIV
For many young people living with HIV in Tanzania, hope is coming not from a new drug, but from a change in care. A new study shows that adding men…