In Eswatini, key surveillance data on recent HIV infections is providing a roadmap to drive epidemic response efforts to those who especially need them – young women and adolescent girls. The Eswatini HIV-1 Recent Infection Surveillance (EHRIS) program – part of ICAP...
Claude Muvunyi, MD, PhD, former senior regional laboratory advisor for ICAP, is now the Rwanda Biomedical Center’s (RBC) director general. Muvunyi was appointed by the Rwandan senate earlier this year. The RBC is the Rwanda Ministry of Health’s central implementation...
The recently released results of a new nationwide HIV survey implemented in Malawi offer evidence of continued progress toward controlling the longstanding epidemic in the country – and provide guidance toward further steps that need to be taken. Launched in January...
Malaria is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in tropical and subtropical regions. In Ethiopia, 60 percent of the population lives in malaria-prone areas. A major barrier to managing malaria in Ethiopia is faulty or unmaintained laboratory equipment...
During World Health Worker Week from April 4-8, 2022, ICAP joins the Frontline Health Workers Coalition, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the human resources for health community to celebrate frontline health workers and recognize their importance in our...
From 2016 to 2021, a project designed and supported by ICAP at Columbia University delivered critical HIV health services to key and vulnerable populations in Tanzania. Known as FIKIA – “to reach” in Kiswahili – the project brought HIV testing, prevention, and care to...
