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TZ’s precious history that’s ‘hidden’ in Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI)
The history of the Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI)—Tanzania’s major cancer centre—dates as far back as the colonial times when the institute was a...
A Sh70/-billion-drug-factory in Bagamoyo to produce ARVs, Anti-malarials…
Zinga Pharmaceutical Limited is expected to build a Sh70billion pharmaceutical factory in Bagamoyo District, Pwani Region in Tanzania. This has been made possible through...
Dr Malecela appointed new Director at the WHO-Africa
Dr Mwele Macelela, former Director General of the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in Tanzania, has been appointed as Director in the Office...
Zika in Tanzania: The 60-year-old-evidence you can’t deny
First, on the World Health Organisation (WHO) website, a title: The history of Zika Virus includes a statement that reads, “In 1952, the first...
How healthy is city life in Tanzania?—Researchers find answers…
By Gemma Todd
Research Scientist, IHI
At Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), we recognise the changing burden of disease and its geography.
A team of researchers at IHI...
12% of HIV patients in rural TZ diagnosed with high blood pressure—new study
About 12 per cent of HIV patients in rural Tanzania, aged above 15, were found to have high blood pressure at the time of...