The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), together with Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science (MUHAS) and the Africa Academy for Public Health (AAPH), collaborate in training Tanzanian public health researchers, physician scientists, and other health professionals through the HIV Implementation Science Research Training Program, with support from the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). The goal of this program is to develop a cadre of public health and medical researchers in Tanzania prepared to lead research and scientific projects. Through focused mentorship and coursework, trainees are supported to develop skills in methodological and substantive aspects of HIV Implementation Science (HIS). The HIS Research Training Program focuses on implementation science, impact evaluation, and health system research for HIV treatment, prevention of mother to child transmission, and nutrition interventions. This program – through scientific evidence generation – hopes to improve service provision primarily to vulnerable populations including but not limited to newborns, children, adolescents, and women of reproductive age.
Under the HIS, on the January 20, 2022 AAPH, HSPH, and MUHAS organised an annual scientific symposium titled Advancing Implementation Science on Delivery of Essential Interventions and Services for Improving Women and Adolescents Health and Nutrition in Tanzania bringing together collaborators as well as adolescent health stakeholders from the Government and development partners to discuss some of their works in research and implementation of adolescent health centered interventions in Tanzania, while highlighting the challenges faced and opportunities that are yet to be capitalized upon in the arena.
