Prof. Ivo de Carneri
In 1988, late Professor Ivo de Carneri, on an official mission for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visited Zanzibar, to assess the progress of the schistosomiasis control programme.
In his mission report Prof. de Carneri stressed "the need of a Public Health Laboratory as a centre for quality control of the peripheral laboratories and to promote training and applied research to develop effective control strategies…".
In 1994, the Ivo de Carneri Foundation was created in his memory.
In 1997 an agreement was signed between the Ivo de Carneri Foundation and the
Government of Zanzibar for the construction and use of the Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri (PHL-IdC) that was officially opened and became operational on 12th June 2000. The agreement has been updated on 21st June 2004.
In 1994, the Ivo de Carneri Foundation was created in his memory.
In 1997 an agreement was signed between the Ivo de Carneri Foundation and the
Government of Zanzibar for the construction and use of the Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri (PHL-IdC) that was officially opened and became operational on 12th June 2000. The agreement has been updated on 21st June 2004.
The Agreement also established that the Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri (PHL-IdC) would be commonly managed by a Commission formed by two members from the MoH, two from the Foundation and one external observer from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The PHL-IdC has been created and is run through a partnership between the Ministry of Health (MoH-Zanzibar) and the Ivo de Carneri Foundation (Milan, Italy).
It is embedded in the organogram of the MoH, under the Director General.
It is embedded in the organogram of the MoH, under the Director General.
It collaborates with national scientific institutions and organizations such as the Zanzibar Health Research Council, the College of Health Sciences, the Research Centre in Ifakara, the National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) and the Muhimbili University in Tanzania mainland.The PHL-IdC also collaborates with international scientific institutions and organizations to assess and evaluate global strategies of disease surveillance and control.
In 2005 the PHL-IdC became “WHO Collaborating Centre for schistosomiasis and intestinal parasitic infections”
