Table 1 Products and processes being developed in Tanzanian institutions
From: Science-based health innovation in Tanzania: bednets and a base for invention
Product | Health Area | Organization | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Artemisinin extraction Process | Malaria | NIMR | Developed an extraction technology that provides greater yield and that has been validated. (No large scale pilot testing yet.) |
Herbal Formulation | HIV/AIDS | Institute for Traditional Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Applied Sciences | Herbal alkaloid- trepenoid product made from various plants. Proposed to undergo clinical trials. |
Herbal Formulation | Benign prostatic hypertrophy | Institute for Traditional Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Applied Sciences | Innovative plant based product. Small sample size, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial performed: negative results |
Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets | Malaria | A to Z Textiles | Product on market |
Antimalarial Vaccines | Malaria | African Malaria Network Trust | Conducting clinical trials at various locations in Tanzania |
Acridine Orange based Malaria Diagnostic | Malaria | Muhimbili University of Health and Applied Sciences | Being developed in collaboration with a Japanese organization. Testing a new form of staining for diagnosing malaria. |
Chlorproguanil-dapsone-artesunate and other malaria therapies | Malaria | Muhimbili University of Health and Applied Sciences | Running clinical trials for various artesunate combination therapies |
Fungal vector control agent | Malaria | Ifakara Health Institute | Testing a fungus with anti – anopheles activity, in collaboration with Imperial College U.K. Fungus is applied into cloth and placed indoors. Doing trial to replicate, look at effectiveness, and evaluate whether production could go to scale |