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Sierra Leone Brings ICAP-led Zoonotic Disease Surveillance Initiative to Other West African Countries
The Sierra Leone government – including its ministries of health, agriculture, and environment – recently completed an ICAP-led assessment tool and training that are reshaping its approach to preventing zoonotic disease transmission between animals and humans. Now,...
As it Continues to Assess Progress Toward HIV Epidemic Control, ICAP Supports Three New Population-based Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2024, ICAP at Columbia University, in collaboration with national and local partners, will be supporting three new Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA) surveys – in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Supported by the...
With ICAP Support, Sierra Leone Improves Childhood Vaccination Uptake Within a Year
Before ICAP began supporting the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health ‘s Child Health/Expanded Program on Immunization (CH/EPI), vaccination performance in the country had taken a nose-dive. A WHO and UNICEF estimate showed that within one year, the number of...
With ICAP Support, Ethiopia Celebrates a New Milestone in Advancing the National Infection Prevention and Control Program
In September, the first cohort of trainees graduated from ICAP’s Infection Prevention and Control Advanced Training Program, a six-month advanced, competency-based certificate course that enables health care workers in Ethiopia to deepen their knowledge, skills, and...
