Ifakara Health Institute Explained

Ifakara Health Institute
Image Alt:logo of the Ifakara Health Institute
Formerly:Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre
Founder:Rudolf Geigy
Established:1956
Staff:nearly 600 (in 2009)

The Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is a health research organization with offices in Ifakara, Dar es Salaam, Ikwiriri, Bagamoyo, and Mtwara, Tanzania.[1] [2] The institute conducts health-related research in a variety of areas, including malaria and HIV/AIDS.[3]

History

A field laboratory of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute was founded in Ifakara in 1956 by Rudolf Geigy.[4] 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]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Where we are - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI . Ifakara Health Institute - IHI . 25 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527214224/http://www.ihi.or.tz/about/contact-us . 27 May 2014 .
  2. 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) . International Journal of Epidemiology . 848–861 . 10.1093/ije/dyv068 . 44 . 3 . 25979725 . free . September 20, 2019 . September 20, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190920065232/https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/2173686/1/1851.full.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Research - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI . Ifakara Health Institute - IHI . 25 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010343/http://www.ihi.or.tz/research-1 . 28 May 2014 .
  4. Book: 2009 . Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania . Excellence in Science: Profiles of Research Institutions in Developing Countries, twas.org/publications/excellence-in-science . . 25 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160408135043/http://twas.org/sites/default/files/twas_ihi.pdf . 2016-04-08 .
  5. Web site: Swiss TPH: Marcel Tanner . swisstph.ch . 7 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151207081950/http://www.swisstph.ch/en/about-us/staff/detailview.html?tx_x4epersdb_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=2104&cHash=5e70f67cceb2c537d260f3a738652c9b . 7 December 2015 .
  6. Web site: Who We Are - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI . Ifakara Health Institute - IHI . 25 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604110108/http://www.ihi.or.tz/about/who-we-are . 2016-06-04 .
  7. Web site: The End Game - Lifelines - Al Jazeera English . Al Jazeera English - Live US, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Sports, Weather & Business News . 25 May 2014 .
  8. Web site: Why I study the most dangerous animal on earth -- mosquitoes . Fredros Okumu . TED.com . August 2017 . August 29, 2019.

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