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May 15, 2019 | In the Media, News
“There’s an increasing appreciation that this epidemic is even less homogeneous than people have imagined,” says Wafaa El-Sadr, global director of the public-health organization ICAP and a professor at Columbia University, who was not a contributor...
May 13, 2019 | In the Media, News
The Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) officially launched the country’s Advanced Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Training Program at an event in Freetown on May 13, 2019. This six-month training course will enable the initial cohort of...
May 10, 2019 | In the Media, News
In a highly relevant new commentary just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Wafaa M. El-Sadr, ICAP global director, and professor of epidemiology, and co-authors explore the state of AIDS in America, barriers that stand in the way of ending this...
May 9, 2019 | News
Every year on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing, the world celebrates International Nurses Day. ICAP honors this day and the dedication of nurses around the globe by bringing attention to their stories and achievements in...
May 8, 2019 | News
“Today marks the climax of my dream,” proclaimed a delighted Francess Fornah, RN, RM, head of the School of Midwifery in Makeni, Sierra Leone. Fornah was speaking at an event on April 12 to commission a new library, computer lab, and skills lab at the institution she...
May 8, 2019 | News
On April 12, 2019, the First Lady of Angola, Ana Dias Lourenço, observed prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services at Luanda’s Hospital Dos Cajueiros as part of her tour in support of the “Born Free to Shine” campaign. Funding and strategic...