Meet Mkunde Chachage
An enthusiastic lecturer, mentor, and medical researcher who focuses immunology of HIV and associated co-infections. On the day of Immunology, she will give a talk on premature immune aging.
International Union of Immunological Societies FAIS_Africa University of Dar es Salaam NIMR Mbeya Universität München

🩺 #WHD2024 :
Our commitment to health as a right for all

In alignment with World Health Day 2024, Ifakara Health Institute is proud to feature a series of insights focusing on this year's theme #MyHealthMyRight from our team of dedicated scientists and health experts🔬

Chief Executive

Meet our very own Dr. Elizabeth Ntapara 👏
Her passion and skills in clinical research are indeed remarkable; and her research journey carry forth studies on HIV vaccines, Ebola, NTDs and PrEP
Congratulations on this recognition as part of the Tanzania Immunology Society team

FORUM:
Ifakara at the Primary Health Care Conference 2024

From March 25-27, 2024, Ifakara Health Institute has been participating in the 1st International Primary Health Care Conference ( #IPHCC2024 ) held at the Jakaya Kikwete Convention Centre in Dodoma, Tanzania.

This conference,

Today on #WorldTBDay we would like to raise awareness on TB and post-TB associated disabilities, especially post-TB lung disease (PTLD). We have listed useful resources, co-authored or co-created by #TBSequel colleagues (see comments) #EndTB #WorldTBDay 2024 #PTLD

Commemorating World TB Day 2024 in Sangambi, Chunya
#YesWeCanEndTB

On #WorldTBDay , we recognize individuals, groups, and organizations as global TB elimination champions. Through their relentless pursuit of a world free from TB, together, #YesWeCanEndTB .

See our 2024 champions here: bit.ly/49JiYTf.

As we approach World TB Day 2024, our community engagement team organised a TB sensitisation workshop for Health Facilities and healthcare workers within Songwe and Mbeya regions as key stakeholders in the fight against TB
# Yes! We can end TB

Together with colleagues from Instituto Nacional de Saúde – INS NIMR Mbeya Karolinska Institutet& funded by EDCTP we are currently involved in an exciting study ERASE-TB – investigating novel tests for earlier diagnosis - tinyurl.com/4mdxhecw

Our annual science meetings continued today with a focus on vaccines and prevention. Presentations featured updates on ongoing clinical trials, promising bi-specific broadly neutralizing antibodies, novel vaccine strategies and future #HIVvaccine development. 1/2

IHV Nigeria Yop Tenmang Olawole Ayorinde IHVN IRCE CAPRISA NIMR Mbeya Ethiopian Public Health Institute Day 5 #TMBLA workshop starts well as we are joined by Dr Nyanda E Ntinginya of NIMR Mbeya NIMR Tanzania . Congz Dr Ntinginya for your recent appointment as NIMR director of Research Coordination&Promotion. Bariki Mtafya Infection St Andrews CAPRISA IHVN IRCE Ethiopian Public Health Institute

IHV Nigeria Yop Tenmang Olawole Ayorinde IHVN IRCE CAPRISA NIMR Mbeya Ethiopian Public Health Institute Day 4 of #TBMBLA data management workshop. Great progress with IHV Nigeria and Ethiopian Public Health Institute almost on top of their data entry and cleanup. Still more work for CAPRISA to get all the data entered and cleaned.

IHV Nigeria Ethiopian Public Health Institute CAPRISA Infection St Andrews NIMR Mbeya TB Trials @ Uni of St Andrews EDCTP Bariki Mtafya Nyanda E Ntinginya Derek Sloan KNCV TB Plus Day 3 of the workshop progressing well. #TBMBLA provides numerical data that is easy to analyse, model and most importantly objectively assess the performance of anti-TB medication for the patient Ethiopian Public Health Institute IHV Nigeria Yop Tenmang CAPRISA NIMR Mbeya Infection St Andrews

Day 2 of the TriAD TB-MBLA data management workshop. Delegates now dig deeper into the database to rectify all incorrect entries IHV Nigeria Ethiopian Public Health Institute CAPRISA Infection St Andrews NIMR Mbeya TB Trials @ Uni of St Andrews EDCTP Bariki Mtafya Nyanda E Ntinginya Derek Sloan KNCV TB Plus

Excellent start of the TriAD TB-MBLA data management workshop in Addis Ababa. Exciting to deal with multi site bacterial load data of DR-TB treatment across 3 countries EDCTP Ethiopian Public Health Institute CAPRISA NIMR Mbeya Infection St Andrews TB Trials @ Uni of St Andrews University of St Andrews Research & Impact KNCV TB Plus

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 - 𝗠𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗥-𝗠𝗠𝗥𝗖) 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗜𝗩