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Mar 28, 2022 | News
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...
Mar 25, 2022 | News
ICAP at Columbia University is supporting the introduction of an important new tool to reduce HIV transmission in Guatemala and Panama. For the first time, people at risk for HIV in these Central American countries will have access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP),...
Mar 25, 2022 | News, Stories from the Field
Since April 2021, ICAP has supported the rollout of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) medication in eight key population (KP) group drop-in centers across Sierra Leone. ICAP, in collaboration with selected KP-led civil society organizations, worked to initially enroll...
Mar 21, 2022 | News
The Haiti Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (HAPHIA) was launched in June 2019 to measure the status of the HIV epidemic within the country. As part of the survey, 17,722 adults aged 15-64 years took part in HIV testing and counselling with return of results as...
Mar 21, 2022 | News
ICAP at Columbia University is testing a theory: can a smartphone app help facilitate HIV self-testing and improve PrEP adherence? Beginning in January 2021, ICAP’s Bronx Prevention Center launched “Making PrEP Smart,” a study exploring the acceptability of an app...
Mar 16, 2022 | News
Eswatini has one of the world’s highest rates of new tuberculosis (TB) cases. Children in particular are extremely vulnerable to severe forms of TB disease. In 2018, over one million children developed TB globally, and at least 7.5 million children are estimated to...