Professional growth
Training, mentoring and continuing education that keep health librarians sharp and confident.
- Workshops & short courses
- Research support skills
- Webinars with AHILA experts
Health Information & Libraries · Tanzania Chapter
Putting the right health knowledge in the right hands.
AHILA Tanzania brings together the librarians, archivists and information specialists who keep Tanzania's hospitals, medical schools and research centres informed — from Kagera to Mtwara, from the mainland to Zanzibar.
1984AHILA founded
46Countries in the network
245+Members continent-wide
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About the chapter
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A home for Tanzania's health information professionals
AHILA Tanzania is the national chapter of the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa, a non-profit professional body founded in August 1984.
The chapter is a registered non-governmental organisation. We support the people who run libraries and information centres in health settings — so that doctors, nurses, students, researchers and the public can find reliable health information when it matters.
NGORegistered in Tanzania
2014Hosted AHILA 14
2013Public access project
What we do
Three things we care about
Everything the chapter does comes back to people, practice and access.
Public access to health information
Working with health institutions so communities can reach trustworthy health and nutrition information.
- Community outreach
- Consumer health information
- Library-led health promotion
Networking & advocacy
Connecting members across Tanzania and Africa, and speaking up for health libraries in policy.
- National & regional meetings
- Partnerships with institutions
- Biennial AHILA congresses
Our focus areas
Where health and information meet
Health libraries are changing fast. Our members work across print collections, digital platforms, research support and community outreach — and the chapter helps them do it well.
Evidence for practice
Literature searching & clinical information
Digital libraries
E-resources, repositories & systems
Community health
Information people can use
Open scholarship
Sharing African research widely
News & events
What's happening
Congress 2027
19th AHILA Congress: call for abstracts
Hosted by the University of Global Health Equity. Notification of accepted abstracts follows in mid-December 2026.
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Diamond Open Access and African scholarship
How diamond OA improves the reach and accessibility of research produced on the continent.
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17th Congress proceedings available
“Equitable Access to Health Information: The Key to Better Health” — papers and presentations.
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A health library is not a room full of books. It is the moment a nurse finds the guideline she needs, or a student finds the study that changes his thesis. That moment is our work.Chairperson, AHILA TanzaniaMessage to members
Leadership
The people behind the chapter
Our executive committee is elected by members and serves on a volunteer basis.
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Working together
Institutions we have worked with
AHILA (continental)
Ministry of Health
Tanzania Food & Nutrition Centre
Health training institutions
University libraries
HIFA
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