“I was scared cervical cancer screening could be a long procedure and painful. However, I found it to be a simple procedure. They detected the case in a matter of minutes,” said Alem Abera, a cervical cancer patient in Dessie, Ethiopia. “I was treated with cryotherapy...
For people living with HIV, the chances of developing AIDS or another serious illness is considerably lower the sooner one begins antiretroviral treatment (ART). Additionally, a suppressed viral load helps prevent perinatal transmission of HIV and leads to less...
In Uganda, routine childhood immunization is generally high – but at the apex of the COVID-19 pandemic, access to vaccines and other important health care services was severely disrupted, exposing many to life-threatening illness. The Uganda Ministry of Health and UN...
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, ICAP founder and director, was one of 21 members of the Columbia University President’s Advisory Task Force on COVID-19 to receive the university’s Nicholas Murray Buttler Gold Medal for service to the university. The awards were announced...
As it has done across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacted a severe toll on New York City. Since March 2020, 40,000 New York City residents have died from COVID-19. But the damage extends well beyond the loss of loss of life to include ongoing illness, mental...
In Sierra Leone, ICAP at Columbia University is supporting the improvement of infection prevention and control (IPC) practices across the health system, making important gains in addressing health care obstacles exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. ICAP partners with...
