This Station dedicated for traditional medicine is located at Ngongongare village in Arusha-Meru District in Arusha Region. It was established in February 2008 through a collaborative project with the Cooperazione Italiana Nord Sud (CINS) and Associazione African Futura (AAF) titled “Conservation and Valorization of the Local Medicinal Plants Resources and Traditional Medical Knowledge in Tanzania”. The aim of the project was to valorise local natural resources and safeguarding biodiversity of Tanzania through the creation of experimental facilities designed to provide research and development and testing sites for innovative technologies, including (but not limited to) environment protection and preservation.
The Station was handed over from the CINS/AAF to the National Institute for Medical Research on 16th September 2008 and it was turned into NIMR’s research station and named NIMR –Ngongongare, after the village in which the facility. This Station deals with promotion of traditional medicine especially product development and commercialization. It was established to be become the first “Modern Phytomedicine Research Laboratory” in Tanzania.