IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE(IHI)

EACCR ANNUA SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE

18-19/04/2011

INTRODUCTION

• IHI– Is an independent non-profit,– nongovernmental, – district-based health research and resource institute

• IHI – Established (1957) as field laboratory of the Swiss

Tropical Institute (Swiss TPH) Based at Ifakara. – Up until today its collaboration with this institute

continues

Sites/Branches

• Dar es salaam• Rufiji• Kigoma• Mtwara• Dodoma• Bagamoyo= (> staffs, Phase I, Insectary, Training)

> 600 Staffs

Project Portfolio and Research Areas

• Project portfolio– Has grown extensively over the past years – Open and continues to forge new national and

international partnerships• Research topics – Correspond to National priorities– Work in Line with

• National poverty reduction strategies• National health policies and • Essential health policies at the international level.

Research /Areas/Projects

• Thematic Groups– Intervention – Biomedical– Health systems– M&E

= Institution strategic plan and goals

1. Communicable diseases•Malaria •TB (cohort, Vaccine, child, HIGHRIF)•HIV

2. Non communicable3. Cancers

Academic/Consultation

• Short courses ( GCP/GLP, QA etc)• Nelson Mandela University– Develop and train (MSc’s and PhD)

• Sponsor staffs ( Core and Projects)– Different courses

• Projects = Capacity building– Pre-requisite

Achievements

• The significant growth of IHI is demonstrated – Increase in its project portfolio size from 6

projects in 1997 to over 50 projects to date.– The substantial amount and variety of peer-

reviewed publications – Train a large number of staffs– Qualified senior scientific staff, a number of whom

serve on national task forces and advisory panels

External factors/actors

• IHI receives funding from bi/multilateral donors.– The Government of Tanzania through its Ministry of

Health – The Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) – USAID, Irish Aid, the World Health Organization (WHO),

the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF– European Union