Ifakara cluster organizations representatives pose for a group photo inside their exhibition booth at the JNICC in Dar es Salaam. The Ifakara Health Institute team was led by the Lab Manager Faraji Abilahi (2nd-right). PHOTOS | IFAKARA_Coms/Courtesy of Silma Swaibu
FORUM: Ifakara showcases research work at AMECEA as President Samia addresses assembly
Ifakara Health Institute joined other partners forming the Ifakara Cluster Organizations at the 20th AMECEA plenary assembly which is taking place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for slightly over a week – from 8th t…
Prof. Marcel Tanner.
TALK: Swiss scholar lecture on health research "decolonization" June 16, 2022 at 11am EAT
Swiss medical biologist, Prof. Marcel Tanner, will give a talk entitled, "Decolonizing Health Research: The Perspective of Low-Income Countries" from Bagamoyo, Tanzania on Thursday, the 16th of June 2022 fro…
A participant contributes to the discussions. PHOTOS | COURTESY/Silma Swaibu
FORUM: NEST360 country program teams hold global meeting in Dar
Ifakara Health Institute’s NEST360 program alongside NEST360 country teams from Malawi, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, UK and US are holding a global meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from June 14 to 16, 2022…
Ifakara Health Institute Chief Executive Director Dr. Honorati Masanja (center) poses for a group photo with the visiting BMGF team and their IFAKARA hosts at the Kingani Clinical Trials Facility during day one of the tour in Bagamoyo on June 13, 2022. PHOTOS | IFAKARA/Coms.
VISIT: Ifakara, Gates team discuss future partnerships in malaria vaccine research
Ifakara Health Institute hosts a team of officials from the US-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in Bagamoyo from June 13 to 15, 2022. The aim of the trip is for BMGF and IFAKARA to discuss potential part…
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SYMPOSIUM: Stakeholder engagement on medical devices and healthcare innovations
The Product Development Partnership (PDP) forum of the Ifakara Health Institute on June 10,2022 hosted a day-long innovation symposium on medical devices and healthcare technologies. The event was held at the Commissi…
Member of the tropEd network pose for a group photo with Ifakara Chief Executive Director, Dr. Honorati Masanja (center) and their colleagues who attended the forum virtually from across the globe. This was on June 9th 2022 at the Training Center in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
FORUM: Global health education network holds general assembly at Ifakara center
Members of “tropEd” - a network of institutions for higher education in international health – conducted their General Assembly (GA) meeting from June 9-to 11, 2022 for the first time in Tanzania &nd…
POETIC project Principal Investigator Dr. Tim Baker speaks at the meeting held in Dar es Salaam early this week. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
DISSEMINATION: Project on care for critically ill patients shares research findings
After two years of extensive research which aimed to improve the care of critically ill patients, Ifakara Health Institute and partners held a dissemination meeting with stakeholders in Dar es Salaam to discuss the fi…
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RESEARCH: Ifakara, partners kick off COVID-19 study in Zanzibar
A new COVID-19 study has been launched in Zanzibar. The scientific surveillance assessment, scheduled to last 18 months, is entitled “Population-based age-stratified seroepidemiological investigation for coronav…
“BiliDix” machine demonstration. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
INNOVATION: Ifakara partners launch new tool for challenged newborns
Ifakara Health Institute (Ifakara)’s NEST360 program partners - Hatch Technologies and Anudha Limited – have launched a new tool known as “BiliDx” - a bilirubinometer which allows nurses and cl…
Kilombero District Commissioner, Hanji Godigodi, stresses a point in one of the in-door sessions. Looking on and listening attentively are [R-L] Ifakara branch manager Frederick Masanja and official of the Product Development Program - an IIH partner - Masoud Mnonji. PHOTO | IFAKARA/Coms
ENGAGEMENT: Hub hosts “Innovation Week Tanzania” in Ifakara. National event in Dodoma
The Ifakara Innovation Hub (IIH) marked Innovation Week Tanzania (IWTz2022) in Ifakara from May 12-13, 2022. As a player in the innovation ecosystem, the hub organized activities and events which complimented this yea…