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