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Researching malaria on the ground

  • The Kilombero River, near Ifakara, marks the border between the Tanzanian districts of Kilombero and Ulanga. (Photo: Christian Heuss) Swiss TPH
  • The fish-filled waters of the Kilombero River ensure the livelihoods of many in Ifakara. (Photo: Christian Heuss) Christian Heuss / Swiss TPH
  • Each day, many migrant workers cross the Kilombero River to Ifakara. (Photo: Christian Heuss) Christian Heuss / Swiss TPH
  • The Ifakara Health Institute's mosquito breeding programme provides a basis for research on tropical diseases, such as malaria. (Photo: Christian Heuss) Swiss TPH
  • Thanks to the research efforts of the IHI, cases of malaria in the Ifakara region are in decline. (Photo: Christian Heuss) Christian Heuss / Swiss TPH
  • Marcel Tanner during an inspection in Bagamoyo. (Photo: Peter Jaeggi) Swiss TPH
  • Doctor Omari (right), a researcher at IHI, shares the secrets of African medicinal plants with Marcel Tanner. Swiss TPH
  • In rural Tanzania, many health centres are only equipped in a rudimentary fashion. (Photo: Swiss TPH) Swiss TPH
  • The IHI also works to care for the health of mothers and infants. (Photo: Joachim Pelikan) Swiss TPH / Joachim Pelikan
  • In the Tanzanian countryside, most families must get by on less than a dollar per day. (Photo: Christian Heuss) Christian Heuss / Swiss TPH
  • Marcel Tanner visits a health centre. (Image: Swiss TPH) Swiss TPH
  • Marcel Tanner speaks with Bill Gates in Bagamoyo. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is financing the development of a vaccine through the Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI). (Photo: Swiss TPH) Swiss TPH

    Marcel Tanner, former director of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), journeys to Tanzania several times a year to meet with one of the Basel-based institution's partner organisations.

    This content was published on December 11, 2015 - 11:00


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