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As the world marks International Women's Day on 8 March 2026, Transmission Zero researchers, Karen Nelwin Zablon and Beatrice Philip Magani, discuss the importance of young women in science. Beatrice Philip Magani, Ifakara Health Institute, performing a Direct Membrane Feeding Assay in the Tanzanian laboratory facilities. In the fight against malaria, lasting solutions are not built through a single breakthrough. They are built step by step, from early morning mosquito colle

As the world marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science  on 11 February 2026, two female Tanzanian scientists at Transmission Zero are showing that the future of science is not just about innovation - it is about listening. Felista Tarimo, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), taking part in a demonstration collecting mosquitoes - Photo Credit: IHI Felista S. Tarimo from the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) and Justina Victus Mosha from the National Institute for Medical R