Tanzanian health research organization
Ifakara Health Institute Ifakara Health Institute logo
Established 1956 Founder Rudolf Geigy Key people
Martin Mfikwa, Chief Operating Officer Fredros Okumu , Director of ScienceHonorati Masanja, Chief Executive Director Staff
nearly 600 (in 2009)[1] Website 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 [ edit ]
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] 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 ]
Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
1981: José López Portillo
1982: Enrique V. Iglesias
1983: Belisario Betancur
1984: Contadora group
1985: Raúl Alfonsín
1986: University of Salamanca and University of Coimbra
1987: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
1988: Óscar Arias
1989: Jacques Delors and Mikhail Gorbachev
1990: Hans-Dietrich Genscher
1991: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
1992: Frederik W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela
1993: United Nations Blue Berets stationed in Ex-Yugoslavia
1994: Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat
1995: Mário Soares
1996: Helmut Kohl
1997: Government of Guatemala and the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
1998: Emma Bonino , Olayinka Koso-Thomas , Graça Machel , Fatiha Boudiaf , Rigoberta Menchú , Fatana Ishaq Gailani , and Somaly Mam
1999: Pedro Duque , John Glenn , Chiaki Mukai , and Valeri Polyakov
2000: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
2001: International Space Station
2002: The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
2003: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
2004: The European Union's Erasmus Programme
2005: Simone Veil
2006: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2007: Al Gore
2008: Manhiça Centre of Health Research (Mozambique), Ifakara Health Institute (Tanzania), Malaria Research and Training Centre (Mali), and Kintampo Health Research Centre (Ghana)
2009: World Health Organization
2010: The Transplantation Society and the Spanish National Transplant Organization
2011: Bill Drayton
2012: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
2013: Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
2014: Fulbright Program
Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
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