World Health Organization (WHO) in the African Region has released groundbreaking new guidance to help strengthen efforts to address the growing threat of sickle cell disease in the region.
Significant...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced five candidates vying for the position of Regional Director for Africa, a role that shapes the continent's health agenda. The candidates, nominated...
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...
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 Mwele Macelela, former Director General of the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in Tanzania, has been appointed as Director in the Office...
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...