A snip from Malaria Journal. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications
MALARIA: Imported cases in Pemba puts elimination goals at risk
Imported malaria remains a major barrier to eliminating the disease on Pemba Island, new research by Ifakara health institute shows, threatening years of progress in reducing cases across the Zanzibar archipelago.
Micha Bigler, a PhD candidate in health systems planning at the Swiss TPH and a beneficiary of the Swiss Study Foundation providing a brief introduction to the course. PHOTO: IFAKARA COMMUNICATIONS
TRAINING: Health planning under pressure course underway in Bagamoyo
From January 12 to 20, 2025, the Swiss Study Foundation Academy, in collaboration with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and the Ifakara Health Institute, is hosting…
A snip from PLOS ONE with an inset of Ifakara Health Institute, Samson Kiware, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications.
MALARIA: Long-term control efforts cut cases in Zambia
A long-term study in southeastern Zambia, shows that sustained malaria control efforts can greatly reduce malaria cases and hospital admissions.
The research, published in…
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COMMEMORATION: Today, we honor the Zanzibar Revolution!
January 12 marks Zanzibar Revolution Day, a national holiday in Tanzania that commemorates the 1964 revolution, which ended the Sultanate’s…
Ifakara's Director of Science, Dr. Ally Olotu, providing more explanations of Ifakara Health Institute. PHOTO: Ifakara Communications
VISIT: Ifakara hosts University of Zurich delegation in Bagamoyo
On January 9, 2026, the Ifakara Health Institute hosted a delegation of students from a Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) programme at the University of Zurich, Sw…
(L–R) Ifakara Health Institute Chief Executive Director and NEST360 Tanzania Country Lead, Dr. Honorati Masanja, presents a farewell gift to Prof. Joy Lawn.
FAREWELL: NEST360 Tanzania bids farewell to Prof Joy Lawn
On January 8, 2026, the NEST360 team in Tanzania bid farewell to Prof. Joy Lawn, a member of the NEST360 Steering Comm…
Principal Investigator Emmanuel Mbuba presenting during the meeting. PHOTO: IFAKARA Communications
MEETING: Stakeholders discuss bed-net durability study updates
Researchers, policymakers, and public health stakeholders convened in Dar es Salaam on January 8–9, 2026, for th…
A snip from the Parasites & Vectors journal with insets of Ifakara Health Institute scientists Najat Kahamba and Francesco Baldini, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications.
MALARIA CONTROL: Fungus helps defeat insecticide-resistant mosquitoes
A recent study by researchers from Tanzania, Burkina Faso and the UK has found that a naturally occurring fungus can weaken malaria mosquitoes and reverse their resistance to commonly used insecticides, a discovery th…
A snip from the BMJ Global Health with an inset of Ifakara Health Institute research scientist Dr. Jerry Hella, who contributed to the study. GRAPHIC | IFAKARA Communications.
TB: Decentralizing testing cuts costs, improves early access to treatment
For many patients, getting tested for tuberculosis (TB) using widely available diagnostic tools can be expensive, slow and often delaying life-saving treatment, since these tests rely on centralized systems, where sam…
Delegates from the University of Glasgow—Prof. Chris Pearce and Mary Ryan—pose for a group photo with their hosts, Dr. Zawadi Mageni Mboma and Mr. Fredrick Masanja, during their visit to the Ifakara Health Institute offices in Morogoro. (From left to right: Prof. Chris Pearce, Dr. Zawadi Mageni Mboma, Mary Ryan, and Mr. Fredrick Masanja). Photo by IFAKARA Communications
TOUR: High-level University of Glasgow delegation visits Ifakara sites
This week, the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) hosted a delegation from the University of …