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Oct 22, 2012 | News
As the coordinating center for the Nursing Education Partnership Initiative—a project within the Global Nurse Capacity Building Program that aims to strengthen nursing and midwifery fields throughout Africa—ICAP is introducing a new webinar series on curriculum...
Oct 11, 2012 | News
A recent publication in the Journal of Tropical Medicine explored ways in which lessons learned from HIV programming can inform the design and implementation of programs for noncommunicable chronic diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. Although HIV remains the leading cause...
Oct 3, 2012 | News
Men who have sex with men (MSM) in sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionately at risk for HIV infection compared to the general male population. While many African countries continue to work toward stemming the spread of HIV and increasing access to HIV testing,...
Sep 27, 2012 | News
BY: RAY SUAREZ, PBS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Reprinted with permission from PBS NEWSHOUR If you’re old enough, you can remember when you first heard about a disease, or a group of diseases found among young men in New York and San Francisco. In those early years,...
Sep 14, 2012 | News
Less than a third of patients who test HIV positive are successfully linked to and retained in care within one year in sub-Saharan Africa, a startling statistic given that sustained care is essential to treating the disease and preventing further transmission....
Sep 13, 2012 | News
Over 80 study participants, community stakeholders, and guests crowded into a meeting space at the African Services Committee in Harlem on September 12 to learn about early findings from a study assessing HIV prevention resources for black men who have sex with men....