Established 1956 Founder Rudolph Geigy | Staff nearly 600 (in 2009) Founded 1956 | |
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Formerly called Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre Similar MSABI, PATH, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, The Global Fund to Fight AID, Drugs for Neglected Diseases | ||
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The Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is a health research organization with offices in Ifakara, Dar es Salaam, Ikwiriri, Bagamoyo, and Mtwara, Tanzania. The institute conducts health-related research in a variety of areas, including malaria and HIV/AIDS.
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- Dirda tool ifakara health institute
- Dr salim abdulla director ifakara health institute
- History
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History
A field laboratory of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute was founded in Ifakara in 1956 by Rudolf Geigy. From 1981-1984, it was led by Marcel Tanner. 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.
The Ifakara Health Institute was featured in the Al Jazeera Lifelines documentary The End Game in 2014.
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