Ifakara staff earn awards
Congratulations to Halfan Ngowo and Neema Gamasa for earning a PhD and fellowship, respectively!
Latest Announcements
Important institutional updates, opportunities, and notices.
Call: Pre-qualification of vendors for the financial year 2022/2023
Ifakara Health Institute invites applications from eligible, competent and qualified companies for the pre-qualification to provide goods and services for the 2022/2023 financial year.
Caution: Information on call to malaria research involving drunk participants is FAKE!
Ifakara Communications Office has issued an official statement to rebuke fake information circulating on social media, particularly WhatsApp, calling people to a study involving drunk participants in Kisarawe District, Coast Region. The Institute distances it…
#MalariaDay2022: Together, we can #FightForWhatCounts to #EndMalaria
Ifakara Health Institute Chief Executive Director, Dr. Honorati Masanja, has issued an official statement on the World Malaria Day 2022. While focusing on this year’s theme: “Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives,&…
Short course on health impact assessment of large infrastructure projects
Ifakara Health Institute's Health Impact Assessment for Sustainable Development (HIA4SD) project plans to host a short course on health impact assessment of large infrastructure projects. The course is designed for environmental or social health experts/t…
World TB Day 2022: Investing in research to end TB, save lives
Ifakara Health Institute observes the World TB Day 2022 on March 24. Each year, the world recognizes World TB Day on March 24 - an annual event that commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the …
WOMEN’S DAY 2022: Together, we can #BreakTheBias
It’s Women’s Day today! Ifakara Health Institute Chief Executive Director has issued a special statement in which he affirms IFAKARA commitment to give women staff of the organization equal rights, opportunities and the future they deserve.
CONDOLENCES: Ifakara remembers Dr. Mwele for her leadership in the Board
The director of the Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Dr. Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela, widely known for a short form of her first name – “Mwele” died…
New Swahili App supports healthcare workers to ensure safe deliveries
Ifakara Health Institute and Maternity Foundation have partnered with the Danish Embassy in Tanzania and the Ole Kirk Foundation to launch a Swahili version of the Safe Delivery App – a mobile training tool and job aid for healthcare workers to ensure s…
World Prematurity Day: Tanzania’s Ministry of Health launches new program to save newborn lives across the country
Tanzania’s Ministry of Health, Temeke Referral Hospital, and the NEST360 (Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies) program, on November 16, 2021, launched a new partnership for improved newborn care in Tanzania.
Ifakara unveils list of pre-qualified vendors for provision of various services in the 2021/22 financial year
The Supply Chain Management Unit, previously Procurement Management Unit, has announced vendors pre-qualified to offer various services to Ifakara branches and sites for the 2021/22 financial year.
Ifakara tests efficacy of new, more effective malaria vaccine
Ifakara Health Institute clinicians administered the first doses of a new malaria vaccine in Tanzania on Saturday, October 2nd 2021. Three babies aged 5 - 36 months received their first japs at Kiwangwa area in Bagamoyo District, Coast Region.