October 2025 – October 2026

Portable Echocardiography for Early Detection and Management of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Rural Tanzania.

Funding

Wyss Global Health Scholars’ Program

Budget

Total budget USD 300,000

Team

Prof. Pilly Chillo (PI) and collaborators

June 2023 – June 2027

Trustworthy artificial intelligence for personalised risk assessment in chronic heart failure, in partnership with European and MUHAS investigators.

Funding

European Union and MUHAS

Budget

Total budget EUR 6,411,076 and MUHAS budget EUR 208,000

Team

Multidisciplinary EU–MUHAS consortium; Prof. Pilly Chillo (MUHAS)

January 2023 – January 2028

Preventing Rheumatic Injury Biomarker Alliance.

Funding

Leducq Foundation

Budget

Total budget USD 8,000,000 and MUHAS budget USD 690,184

Team

Leducq PRIMA Network investigators; MUHAS collaborators

January 2023 – January 2028

Testing the Efficacy of A Rheumatic Heart Disease Education Program in Babati, Tanzania.

Funding

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Budget

Total budget USD 15,000

Team

Prof. Pilly Chillo and study collaborators

January 2018 – present

Building training pipelines and research strategy for cardiovascular sciences across Tanzania.

Funding

East African Centre of Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences

Budget

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Team

Multidisciplinary MUHAS and partner investigators

January 2014 – present

Characterising abnormal LV geometry and subclinical cardiac dysfunction in Tanzanian patients with hypertension and diabetes.

Funding

University of Bergen / MUHAS collaboration

Budget

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Team

Prof. Pilly Chillo (PI), clinical collaborators, postgraduate trainees