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MTAFITI: April 2025 Edition is OUT!
"MTAFITI" - the monthly news and events round-up of Ifakara Health Institute - April 2025 edition is out. The main theme of the current edition focuses on tackling disability exclusion in health research as …
Participants from the Day of Immunology Symposium, pose for a group photo. PHOTO: Ifakara Communications
SYMPOSIUM: Exploring the link between neurological disorders and immune system
Yesterday, the Tanzania Immunology Society, in collaboration with the Ifakara Health Institute and partners, hosted the 2025 Day of Immunol…
A snip from the Vaccine journal with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientists Robert Tillya and Abdallah Mkopi, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
IMMUNIZATION: Why some kids in Tanzania miss their full vaccine protection
A new study led by Dr. Robert Tillya, a seasoned researcher at the Ifakara Health Institute, reveals thousands of Tanzanian children are not fully protected against five deadly diseases due to incomplete vaccination s…
Representatives from the SUM-101 clinical trial team at Ifakara Health Institute and TMDA pose for a group photo during their meeting in Morogoro. PHOTO | IFAKARA Communications
MEETING: Ifakara, TMDA review regulatory requirements for new malaria vaccine trial
Last week, Ifakara Health Institute's SUM-101 clinical trial team conducted a pre-submission meeting with the Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA) in Morogoro. The meeting aimed to align on requ…
A snip from the Vaccine journal with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientists (from L-R) Husna Hoffu, Joel Changaluchaa, Kennedy Lushasi, and Lwitiko Sikana, who contributed to the study.
RABIES: Optimizing supply chains for better access to lifesaving vaccines
A new study published on Vaccine presents ways to optimize human rabies vaccine supply chains, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where the disease remains a major threat. Although rabies can be…
Poster: Ifakara Comms
COMMEMORATION: Momentous Day as Tanzania Union turns 61!
Today, April 26 marks a momentous day in the Tanzania’s history — which marks the Union between the Republic of Tanganyika and …
Poster: Ifakara Comms
#MALARIADAY2025: Committed to ending malaria in our lifetime!
On World Malaria Day 2025 today, themed “Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite,” the Ifakara Health Institute reaffirms its vision to be a l…
Ifakara's Head of the Training and Capacity Building Department, Dr. Shubis Kafuruki gives opening remarks during the Curriculum Review meeting held in Morogoro. Photo by IFAKARA Communications
MEETING: Stage is set for the next generation of public health experts
This week in Morogoro, Ifakara Health Institute convened a four-day curriculum review meeting from April 23–25, 2025. The main goal was to critically assess and refine the curriculum to ensure its continued rele…
A snip from the Molecular Ecology journal with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientists Sophia Mwinyi and Fredros Okumu, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
DISCOVERY: New mosquito species with unique resistance profile found in Tanzania’s coast
Scientists at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania and two partners – the University of Glasgow and the Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK – have uncovered a previously unknown mosquito group within the ano…
Participants of the Process Mapping Workshop pose for a group photo. PHOTO: Ifakara Comms
WORKSHOP: Advancing human rabies vaccine integration into routine immunization program
From April 23 to 24, 2025, the Scaling up One health System (SOS) and GAVI rabies Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) projects at the Ifakara H…