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Dec 24, 2019 | In the Media, News
Early treatments for the drug-resistant disease required injections over many months, and the side effects, such as hearing loss, kidney failure, depression or psychosis, can be worse than the disease, says Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, director of ICAP at Columbia...
Dec 23, 2019 | News
Real life does not often line up with the parameters of controlled research, particularly in low-resource health settings. Interventions across a variety of disciplines—be it health, education, or more—are subject to change and setbacks, and are responsive to the...
Dec 20, 2019 | News
At the 20th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), the central theme focused on achieving an AIDS Free Africa through innovation, community and political leadership. Held in Kigali from December 2-7, nearly 10,000 delegates from across the world...
Dec 18, 2019 | In the Media, News
In close partnership with ICAP, Esigodini District Hospital in Zimbabwe has completed a digital overhaul of their patient data systems and processes through the introduction of a electronic health records. The initiative makes paper registers and records obsolete and...
Dec 18, 2019 | In the Media, News
“To achieve HIV epidemic control, countries in Central Asia will need to address fundamental factors that drive HIV transmission and impede the engagement of people living with HIV and key populations, such as substance users, transgender and gay people, and...
Dec 18, 2019 | In the Media, News
“ICAP’s Wafaa El-Sadr was at the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic from day one, pioneering comprehensive care programs as a physician at Harlem Hospital in the 1980s. ‘The most important lesson I learned from my work in Harlem was not to take no for an...