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Indoor spraying methods must be reviewed as mosquitoes ‘get smarter’

Since 1960s, the spraying of insecticides inside houses to kill mosquitoes has been an integral part of the efforts to prevent malaria in Tanzania....

Publishing conditions set for Masters, PHD scholars in Tanzania’s new university guidelines

Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) has unveiled new standards and guidelines for university education, emphasizing, among other things, on the...

Medicine for controlling stomach ulcers suspended in Tanzania over cancer risk

Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA) has directed all patients taking medication with an active ingredient Ranitidine to stop their course of treatment...

MUHAS epidemiologist targets ‘wicked health problems’ in latest scholarly work

For many years in Tanzania, eggs have been touted as some of the most nutritious foods, however, according to Professor Japhet Killewo, a renowned...

How to help young researchers succeed in Africa

In Ifakara, a small rural town of Kilombero District, Morogoro Region, south central Tanzania, a team of young researchers is striving to improve people’s...

Tanzanian scientists seek to close the gap on human genetics

Scientists in Tanzania are working on strategies that will help raise the profile of human genetics and improve research on how gene-related diseases are...