Tanzanian health research organization
Ifakara Health Institute
Ifakara Health Institute logo
Established 1956 Founder
Rudolf Geigy Key people
Martin Mfikwa, Chief Operating Officer
Fredros Okumu , Director of Science Honorati Masanja, Chief Executive Director Staff
nearly 600 (in 2009)
[1] Website
www .ihi .or .tz Formerly called
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre
The Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is a health research organization with offices in
Ifakara ,
Dar es Salaam ,
Ikwiriri ,
Bagamoyo , and
Mtwara ,
Tanzania .
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[3] The institute conducts health-related research in a variety of areas, including
malaria and
HIV/AIDS .
[4]
History
Tower at the Ifakara Health Institute campus in Ifakara, Tanzania.
A field laboratory of the
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute was founded in Ifakara in 1956 by
Rudolf Geigy .
[1] From 1981-1984, it was led by Marcel Tanner.
[5] It was renamed the "Ifakara Centre" in 1991, the "Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, IHRDC" in 1996, and the "Ifakara Health Institute" in 2008.
[6]
The Ifakara Health Institute was featured in the
Al Jazeera Lifelines documentary The End Game in 2014.
[7]
Fredros Okumu gave a talk featuring the IHI at the
TEDGlobal conference in 2017.
[8]
References
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a
b
Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania (PDF) . Excellence in Science: Profiles of Research Institutions in Developing Countries, twas.org/publications/excellence-in-science.
The World Academy of Sciences . 2009. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 25 September 2015 .
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"Where we are - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI" . Ifakara Health Institute - IHI . Archived from
the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ Geubbels, Eveline; Amri, Shamte; Levira, Francis; Schellenberg, Joanna; Masanja, Honorati; Nathan, Rose (May 15, 2015).
"Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Ifakara Rural and Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Ifakara HDSS)" (PDF) . International Journal of Epidemiology . 44 (3): 848–861.
doi :
10.1093/ije/dyv068 .
PMID
25979725 . Archived from
the original (PDF) on September 20, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
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"Research - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI" . Ifakara Health Institute - IHI . Archived from
the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
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"Swiss TPH: Marcel Tanner" . swisstph.ch . Archived from
the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015 .
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"Who We Are - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI" . Ifakara Health Institute - IHI . Archived from
the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
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"The End Game - Lifelines - Al Jazeera English" . Al Jazeera English - Live US, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Sports, Weather & Business News . Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ Fredros Okumu (August 2017).
"Why I study the most dangerous animal on earth -- mosquitoes" . TED.com. Retrieved August 29, 2019 .
External links
Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
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