Stories from the Field
Apr 27, 2020 | Stories from the Field
Before multi-month scripting (MMS) became a norm at the Dessie Referal hospital, Aderaw Wegene, a construction worker, would spend money, time, and resources going back and forth between his field placements and the hospital to get his monthly ART refills. “I was...
Apr 25, 2020 | Stories from the Field
On April 25, World Malaria Day, ICAP highlights the life-saving work of our country team in Ethiopia to improve malaria diagnosis and treatment in rural, high-burden areas of the country. Yeraber Health Center, 220 kilometers (136 miles) away from Bahir Dar, the...
Apr 21, 2020 | Stories from the Field
A young mother in Kisumu, Kenya, Maureen Akoth tried out many paths before pursuing nursing as a career, including working as a data collector and as a peer educator for HIV-positive mothers with ICAP in Kenya. But her true passion is for helping people, and nursing...
Apr 20, 2020 | Dear Florence, Stories from the Field
ICAP’s Susan Michaels-Strasser, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN speaks with Ann Kurth, Dean of the Yale School of Nursing, on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nursing profession and global health. An epidemiologist and nurse-midwife, Dr. Kurth’s research focuses...
Mar 27, 2020 | Stories from the Field
In efforts to boost the resiliency of Sierra Leone’s health systems after a six-year period of natural disasters and public health emergencies, ICAP at Columbia University is spearheading a series of projects to strengthen the national health system’s practices in...
Mar 24, 2020 | Stories from the Field
At Wagai Health Centre, Kenya’s largest care facility for HIV positive people on treatment, Lynette Kosgei is the Nurse-In-Charge, working on the frontlines of the epidemic that has taken such a toll on her country. Originally trained as a community nurse, Ms. Kosgei...