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ICAP’s CQUIN Learning Network Receives $24 Million from Gates Foundation to Support Scale-up of Innovative HIV Programming in Africa
As a part of global efforts to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded ICAP at Columbia University $24.6 million over the next five years to expand the Coverage, Quality, and Impact Network (CQUIN),...
ICAP Supports Launch of Innovative Online HIV Services in Almaty, Kazakhstan
In Almaty, Kazakhstan, if a person wanted to get tested for HIV, they used to have to go through the process of blood testing, which was often time-consuming, inconvenient, and for some, indiscreet. Thanks to a collaboration between ICAP at Columbia University, the...
Second REACH Cohort Prepares to Develop ‘Playbooks’ for Future Health Emergencies
“As one of the chief physician assistants at the Columbia University campus during the first wave of the pandemic, I often found that I wanted a ‘playbook,’ but nothing existed,” said Marianne Grandusky, PA-C, MPAS, chief physician assistant at New...
Better Questions Lead to Better Answers: How an ICAP Community Advisory Board is Making a Difference
“I used to think that simply knowing, then telling people what’s ‘good’ for them was enough – talk to a client, create a care plan, follow up, wipe hands clean, and done,” said Brandon “POOH” Lee, a community health worker. “But as we were reminded during the...
