Dar es Salaam Office
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), is headquartered in Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam. The Dar es Salaam Office was initially established as a central coordination center, and now hosts the offices of the IHI management team, including the offices of the Chief Executive Director (CED), Director of Science (DOS), and Chief Operating Officer (COO).
The Office hosts various centralized services of the Institute, including finance, administration and human resources, procurement and supplies, and transport and logistics. Additionally, the Office is the base for various Research support units including Institutional Review Board (IRB), Data Systems; Knowledge Management, Communications, Grants and Contracts, Public Engagement, Partnerships, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Bagamoyo Branch
The Bagamoyo Branch was established in 2005 with a major focus on clinical trials. It is situated in the historical city of Bagamoyo at Kingani Area - some 3 kilometers from the center of the town. Its prime location has paved significant positive impact to the community by providing support and technical input to the Bagamoyo District Hospital and the peripheral health facilities in the vicinity.
The Branch, in collaboration with district health authorities, has managed to rehabilitate Bagamoyo District Hospital and the nearby dispensary infrastructures. The Bagamoyo Branch is now firmly established as a world–class research site with a biosafety lab, among others. The Branch now hosts malaria vaccine research, various drug trials, TB research, malaria vector research and also research on viruses and antibiotic resistance.
Ifakara Branch
Ifakara Health Institute owes its name to its original site in Ifakara Town in Kilombero District, Morogoro Region. The name Ifakara implies “a place you go to die”, probably because of the high mortality rates historically experienced in this area.
Scientists at the Ifakara Branch mainly conduct research on biomedical and to a large scale, environmental and ecological studies, but there are also trials of drugs, vaccines and diagnostics, health-systems research, and monitoring and evaluation. The HIV/Aids clinic which is located at the St. Francis Hospital in Ifakara is run in partnership with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute.