Stories from the Field
In Rural Ethiopia, ICAP is Helping Save Lives by Improving Malaria Diagnosis
In Bure, Ethiopia, malaria is a severe health threat. But for this town of 23,000 people in the country’s Amhara region, 250 miles northwest of the capital, distance was making the threat even more lethal. More than two-thirds of Ethiopians live in malaria-prone areas...
Two Infection Prevention and Control Experts in Sierra Leone Reflect on their Life-Saving Work
In this interview, Christiana Kallon, RN, acting national coordinator for infection prevention and control (IPC) response, and Mary Fullah, SRN, MSc, acting nursing and midwifery officer for the Ministry of Health and Sanitation’s IPC response, share their insights...
ICAP Boosts Infection Prevention and Control Efforts in Sierra Leone, Georgia, and Thailand
In the midst of the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, ICAP conducted a rapid assessment of 11 Ebola community care centers across six severely impacted districts in Sierra Leone. Since then, ICAP has built on this experience and the relationships forged with the...
New, More Convenient Tuberculosis Services Are Saving Women’s Lives in Eswatini
In the heart of Eswatini (the country formerly known as Swaziland), women are being greeted by a new face as they arrive for their family planning, antenatal, or well-child visits. Long a staple at HIV clinics, “cough officers”—non-medical staff who screen patients...