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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…
Zanzibar’s final push to eliminate malaria: The tough journey ahead
Despite the high coverage with essential malaria control strategies, such as the use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs)…
Why hospital authorities in Tanzania must be concerned about T. gondii
An often neglected but life-threatening disease-caused by an organism Toxoplasma gondii (T.gondii)—has, over the years, led to a…
How Tanzania can use hospital-based data to improve maternal health
Tanzania can effectively address maternal health challenges through use of relevant and well-managed data collected from hospitals, a…
Dead before birth: Researchers in Mwanza seek to control stillbirths
Researchers are carrying out a study to establish the complexities behind babies who are born without signs of…
Researchers raise alarm over water contamination in Mwanza squatters
There is need for increased awareness on proper handling of safe drinking water among Mwanza city residents, a…
MUHAS professor and team win nearly Sh400million for drug discovery, design
Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) on Friday May 25 awarded Sh399, 470,000 in funding to a…
Tanzania’s new digital App that can track Ebola and other epidemics
A digital tool, known as AfyaData, which was developed by researchers at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in…
Places where TB is highly transmissible in Dar es Salaam—scientists
Scientists at the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) have found that the annual risk of Tuberculosis (TB) transmission is…
115 years of malaria in Africa-: new study in 43 countries shows decline in disease parasites
The largest-ever data set of malaria prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa has revealed a long-term decline of the Plasmodium falciparum(a…