How long is the last mile? Evaluating successful malaria elimination trajectories

📢 Application to participate in the @CPHIA_AfricaCDC Youth Pre-Conference in Kigali, Rwanda is now open! All travel related costs of successful applicants will be covered. ❗️Deadline: 22 November 2022 Apply now 👇🏾 africacdc.org/wp-content/upl… #CPHIA2022

Data Analytics is one of the most in-demand skills. Join us as we lead a FREE live practical session using R for Data Analysis. This is your chance to launch your career using R for Data Analysis as you prepare for 2023 Sign up - lnkd.in/gYfnvyKK #dataanalysis #rstats

AFHEA-AFRICA CDC-UNECA WEBINAR SERIES: INVITATION You are warmly invited to register and participate in this exciting webinar themed, “Guaranteeing equitable access to vaccines in Africa: is Africa ready for vaccine production?”. REGISTER HERE: forms.gle/4TGQUhi4M4ugkP…

After the just concluded Gates Foundation GCAM I was honored to be invited by @paimadhu to contribute a post to PLOS Global Public Health blog on the role African biotech like Yemaachi Biotech will play in Africa’s economic transformation… here it is speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2022/11/29/afr…

WORKSHOP: Gates disease modeler Dr. Amelia Bertozzi-Villa in Dar This month, Ifakara Health Institute scientist Dr Kiware hosted Gates disease modeler Dr Amelia Bertozzi-Villa for the Spatial Analysis workshop in Dar. >> More: ihi.or.tz/our-events/154… >> #IFAKARAevents #IFAKARAworkshops

TOUR: US President's Malaria Initiative Coordinator visit Ifakara labs The Coordinator David Walton has visited Ifakara Health Institute labs in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The labs will be used for PMI supported activities. >> ihi.or.tz/our-events/156… >> #IFAKARAevents #ShindaMalaria

Python Ninjas were greatful to learn from a Biologist Issa Mshani from Ifakara Health Institute who presented a powerful talk on the Malaria Research being done by him and team Ifakara Health Institute using machine learning and #Python Language. #opensource #MachineLearning Fredros Okumu

Anthony Fauci: A Message to the Next Generation of Scientists nytimes.com/2022/12/10/opi…

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What if the RTS,S Malaria vaccine is seasonally-targeted? ~ Thompson et al: Seasonally targeting RTS,S may yield greater reductions in malaria cases & deaths compared with age-based strategy, averting an additional 14K–47K cases/100K children over 15 yrs. thelancet.com/journals/langl…

Where most malaria research happens. Interesting data from MESA - the malaria knowledge hub And kudos to all these institutions (of course including Ifakara Health Institute) doing their part mesamalaria.org/mesa-track

Fursa kwa wa #Tanzania. Wenye Vigezo ombeni. Link : africacdc.org/kofi-annan-glo…

MEETING: CHILD Project team hosts its annual meeting in Bagamoyo Today, Ifakara Health Institute researchers and colleagues Swiss TPH,Stanford University and UC San Francisco implementing the Child Health and Infection with Low-Density Malaria (CHILD) project met in Bagamoyo to discuss the project’s progress

CHILD project is a five-year study that will assess the long-term health and socioeconomic impact of interventions targeting low-density malaria infection (LMI) among children in Tanzania. >>ihi.or.tz/our-events/177… >>#IFAKARAevents

Good vibes & great discussions on CHILD, our new trial to assess the impact of detecting and treating low density chronic malaria on child health. Ifakara Health Institute MEI UCSF Global Health Swiss TPH Stanford Epidemiology & Population Health Ally Ibrahim Olotu Günther Fink Jade Benjamin-Chung Bryan Greenhouse NIAID News

JOB: PhD Student in Epidemiology (1 post) - CHILD Project, Bagamoyo Ifakara Health Institute seeks a PhD student to investigate the neurocognitive functioning in children with and without low-density malaria infections in Tanzania. The student will take part in the ongoing Child

Aneth x Jane x Anneth at the #NHGSM2023 It was so nice to finally connect to my name sake Anneth-Mwasi Tumbo and my dear friend JaneP Nyandele. Women belong in #Science 🧪🧫🧬🔬🧬 #WomenInSTEM #WomanInScience #TanzanianScientists #SayansiTanzania

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