Ifakara Health Institute

Ifakara Health Institute

Ifakara Health Institute logo
Established 1956
Founder Rudolph Geigy
Staff
 nearly 600 (in 2009)[1]
Website http://www.ihi.or.tz/
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

Tower reads, "Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health, Ifakara".
Tower at the Ifakara Health Institute campus in Ifakara, Tanzania.

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]

References

  1. 1 2 Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania (PDF). Excellence in Science: Profiles of Research Institutions in Developing Countries. The World Academy of Sciences. 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Where we are - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI". Ifakara Health Institute - IHI. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  3. ↑ 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)". International Journal of Epidemiology: 1–14. doi:10.1093/ije/dyv068.
  4. ↑ "Research - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI". Ifakara Health Institute - IHI. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Swiss TPH: Marcel Tanner". swisstph.ch. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Who We Are - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI". Ifakara Health Institute - IHI. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "The End Game - Lifelines - Al Jazeera English". Al Jazeera English - Live US, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Sports, Weather & Business News. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 26, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.