Ifakara Health Institute

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 Science
* Honorati 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]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "Where we are - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI". Ifakara Health Institute - IHI. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. 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)" (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.
4. ^ "Research - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI". Ifakara Health Institute - IHI. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
5. ^ "Swiss TPH: Marcel Tanner". swisstph.ch. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
6. ^ "Who We Are - Ifakara Health Institute - IHI". Ifakara Health Institute - IHI. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. 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.
8. ^ 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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Laureates of the Prince or Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation

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

* 2015: Wikipedia
* 2016: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement
* 2017: The Hispanic Society of America
* 2018: Amref Health Africa
* 2019: Salman Khan and the Khan Academy
* 2020: Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
* 2021: Camfed, Campaign for Female Education
* 2022: Ellen MacArthur
* 2023: Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)
* 2024: Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI)

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