Stories from the Field
May 10, 2021 | Stories from the Field
During her visit this week to the Kingdom of Eswatini, Wafaa El Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, the founder and global director of ICAP at Columbia University, met with the Honorable Minister of Health, Senator Lizzie Nkosi on Monday, May 3, 2021. The two discussed ICAP’s...
Apr 24, 2021 | Stories from the Field
Three years into the successful launch of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) project in Sierra Leone, ICAP continues to help the country’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) to strengthen laboratory and data systems. The training of...
Apr 23, 2021 | Stories from the Field
In direct support of national efforts to build Kenya’s capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to infections disease threats, ICAP is spearheading efforts at two high-capacity hospitals in Kenya –Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital (KUTRRH) and...
Apr 17, 2021 | Stories from the Field
For as long as she can remember, Yen Pottinger, PhD, ICAP’s senior technical advisor for Laboratory Surveillance, has had a deep curiosity about how viruses work. “I love viruses over organisms like bacteria and parasites,” Pottinger says excitedly. “Viruses are...
Apr 16, 2021 | Stories from the Field
As a boy growing up in rural Ethiopia, ICAP’s Tesfay Abreha, DVM, MSc, MPH, and his family dreamed of him becoming a successful lawyer, influenced by an uncle who was a judge. But life had other plans: as a young student, he excelled in science rather than political...
Apr 15, 2021 | Stories from the Field
In support of national efforts to improve diagnostic services for patients accessing care at public health facilities in Eswatini, ICAP at Columbia University developed a digital link, or interface, enabling seamless data exchange between public health facilities and...
