Ifakara Health Institute
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Established | 1956 |
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Founder | Rudolf Geigy |
Key people |
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Staff | nearly 600 (in 2009)[1] |
Website | www |
Formerly called | Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre |
The Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is a health research organization with offices in Ifakara, Dar es Salaam, Ikwiriri, Bagamoyo, and Mtwara, Tanzania.[2][3] The institute conducts health-related research in a variety of areas, including malaria and HIV/AIDS.[4]
History
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A field laboratory of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute was founded in Ifakara in 1956 by Rudolf Geigy.[1] From 1981-1984, it was led by Marcel Tanner.[5] It was renamed the "Ifakara Centre" in 1991, the "Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, IHRDC" in 1996, and the "Ifakara Health Institute" in 2008.[6]
The Ifakara Health Institute was featured in the Al Jazeera Lifelines documentary The End Game in 2014.[7] Fredros Okumu gave a talk featuring the IHI at the TEDGlobal conference in 2017.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania (PDF). Excellence in Science: Profiles of Research Institutions in Developing Countries, twas.org/publications/excellence-in-science. The World Academy of Sciences. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "Where we are - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI". Ifakara Health Institute - IHI. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ Geubbels, Eveline; Amri, Shamte; Levira, Francis; Schellenberg, Joanna; Masanja, Honorati; Nathan, Rose (May 15, 2015). "Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Ifakara Rural and Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Ifakara HDSS)" (PDF). International Journal of Epidemiology. 44 (3): 848–861. doi:10.1093/ije/dyv068. PMID 25979725. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- ^ "Research - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI". Ifakara Health Institute - IHI. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Swiss TPH: Marcel Tanner". swisstph.ch. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ "Who We Are - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI". Ifakara Health Institute - IHI. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "The End Game - Lifelines - Al Jazeera English". Al Jazeera English - Live US, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Sports, Weather & Business News. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ Fredros Okumu (August 2017). "Why I study the most dangerous animal on earth -- mosquitoes". TED.com. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Ifakara Health Institute Website
- Ifakara Health Institute Facebook page
- IHI Digital Library on EPrints.org
- Ifakara Health Institute on SDH-Net
- St. Francis Hospital Topography, including the IHI Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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