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Tanzania: Novel Bed Net Makes Mosquitoes Unable To Fly Or Bite
An innovative bed net that immobilises mosquitoes by making them unable to move or fly could reduce malaria…
Tanzania: Doctors’ Encounter With Rare Patient Of Small-cell Lung Cancer Invading The Heart
Patient opts not to receive cancer treatment despite efforts to save his life Researcher leading the doctors explains…
Tanzania: Single-dose rabies vaccine trials in human volunteers underway
The Ifakara Health Institute(IHI) has launched a trial for a novel rabies vaccine in human volunteers in Tanzania.…
Tanzania: Using bed nets in early life ‘ups survival into adulthood’
Children who sleep more often under insecticide-treated bed nets have more than 40 per cent higher likelihood of surviving…
Characteristics of COVID-19 patients in Tanzania studied amid data scarcity
Average age of COVID-19 patients is 41 years, the study finds The results come at a time when…
Potentially addictive drug sold illegally in Dar es Salaam pharmacies
Unethical practice in pharmacies goes unabated as researchers call for heightened surveillance When abused, the drug could aggravate…
Paper used to support claims that ivermectin reduces COVID-19 hospitalizations withdrawn online
Accepted on site since May 2021, it had been downloaded 11,000 times Preprint server that hosted the paper…
Domestic research fund efforts begin to pay off as MUHAS unveils recipients
Researchers in Tanzania are beginning to benefit from domestic investment efforts in COVID-19 research following the announcement of…
Inside Tanzania’s COVID-19 research agenda: The Rise, Fall and Rise again
Tanzania’s research sector is recovering from a year-long official denial of COVID-19, during which researchers did not have…
Tanzania: Laser treatment could rival eye drops for glaucoma
In Summary Glaucoma affects one in every 25 people aged 40 years and above in Sub-Saharan Africa Laser…