Stories from the Field
Jan 15, 2026 | News, Stories from the Field
Health care-associated infections (HAI) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remain urgent global public health threats and, in Kazakhstan, they pose a growing challenge. Many health care staff responsible for infection prevention and control (IPC) still lack structured...
Nov 20, 2025 | News, Stories from the Field
Effective HIV epidemic control depends on efficiently tackling issues that may interfere with optimal testing and treatment of people living with HIV. From low testing volume to treatment interruption and unsuppressed viral load, unaddressed gaps can become serious...
Oct 7, 2025 | News, Stories from the Field
In Zambia’s Northwestern Province, nearly 7% of the region’s 1.2 million people are living with HIV. More than half of those people – about 44,000 people – currently receive lifesaving antiretroviral therapy for HIV at 213 health facilities. As in other parts of the...
Aug 21, 2025 | News, Stories from the Field
The energy of the sun and the power of human legs to improve health outcomes have Tanzanians looking toward a healthier future. On July 25, 2025, ICAP officially handed over 110 solar panels and 433 bicycles to selected health facilities across the Mwanza region. The...
Jul 31, 2025 | News, Stories from the Field
Bacteriological laboratories in Ukraine increasingly face the challenge of how to improve both the quantity and quality of the clinical specimens that they test. While low specimen quantity remains an issue, ensuring high quality is critically important for reliable...
Jul 10, 2025 | Stories from the Field
Raised by her grandmother and aunts in the Pioneiro Zeca neighborhood of Ondjiva in the Cunene province of Angola, 22-year-old Ângela* grew up taking medication without understanding why. “They [my family] told me it was for stomach aches,” Ângela said. “Sometimes...
