Field fever, or known as leptospirosis, had been documented in more than 10 regions of Tanzania since 1990 but in July 2022, during the hot, humid days of the month, it emerged in Lindi, the country’s region where it...
At the age of 91, Callixte Twagirayezu would be mistaken for a person a bit younger than his actual age. He has the natural wrinkles of an old man but, he hasn't slowed down yet. He has endeared himself...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed Professor Tumaini Joseph Nagu, a specialist in internal medicine, to be the Chief Medical Officer.
Prof Nagu’s appointment is effective since October 19, said a statement released by Statehouse on Saturday October 22.
As Chief...
Professor Said Aboud, a medical doctor and virologist who rose to fame at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania, has taken over the leadership of the country’s largest public health research institution—the National Institute for Medical Research...
Dr Stella Mpagama, a physician scientist at the Kibong'oto Infectious Diseases Hospital in Kilimanjaro Region, has bagged the Dr. Maria Kamm Best Female Scientist Award offered by the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), joining the long list of...
Dr Anange Fred Lwilla, an epidemiologist at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) has won the Dr Mwelecele Malecela Memorial Award named after one of world’s respected researchers on Neglected Tropical Diseases who died in February 2022.
Dr Lwilla,...
It's two years since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged. Calls for pandemic preparedness that were made before the viral disease became known, have resulted in meaningful action at Mwananyamala Regional Referral Hospital during the outbreak.
An old, dilapidated building existed...
It was about five months after her appointment to work as Director in the Office of Africa Regional Director at the World Health Organization (WHO) that I had a rare opportunity to speak to her: Dr Mwele Ntuli Malecela,...
The scientific community in Tanzania and the rest of the world is mourning the death of Dr Mwele Ntuli Malecela who was serving as the World Health Organisation's director of the Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).
She was the...
Scientist who pioneered the online tool says he found staff strained at major airport
Public health alerts rise to 75 per week, government data show
COVID-19 cases rise to 33,230 and 789 cumulative deaths reported so far
Gone...