Stories from the Field
Oct 19, 2020 | Stories from the Field
Many positive changes are taking place around the delivery of health care in South Sudan. Since 2012, ICAP has been working with the government of South Sudan to improve its public health delivery systems. With support from the US Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS...
Aug 26, 2020 | Dear Florence, Stories from the Field
As countries in sub-Saharan Africa race against the clock to ready public health systems before an expected rise of COVID-19 cases, health workers like Nurse Janet Oyoo are playing critical roles amid the outbreak. Following their graduation from an ICAP-sponsored...
Aug 25, 2020 | News, Stories from the Field
Over the last year, ICAP’s technical experts have collaborated with South Africa’s Department of Health to roll-out a standardized, competency-based curriculum for the county’s community-based health workers. The trainings in health promotion and disease prevention...
Aug 25, 2020 | News, Stories from the Field
On July 23, 2020, ICAP in Nigeria initiated its first virtual trainings to build local expertise in the testing of blood specimens from clients testing HIV positive for the first time to help understand the trajectory of the HIV epidemic in real-time. Identifying...
Aug 20, 2020 | Stories from the Field
When the Republic of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection requested aid to develop COVID-19 infection prevention control protocols for the country in March this year, ICAP was one of the first organizations to respond to the request. With support from...
Jul 30, 2020 | Stories from the Field
As Mozambique’s health system braces for an expected surge of COVID-19 cases, ICAP and Resolve to Save Lives (an initiative of Vital Strategies) have partnered to train health care workers across the country on critical infection prevention control measures to...