Stories from the Field
Jun 5, 2020 | Dear Florence, Stories from the Field
ICAP’s Susan Michaels-Strasser, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN speaks with Carole Treston, Executive Director of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, or ANAC. Carole is a registered nurse who throughout her career has actively championed nurses as leaders in pandemic...
May 4, 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 Betty Aketch Onyango are playing critical roles amid the outbreak. Following their graduation from an...
Apr 27, 2020 | Dear Florence, Stories from the Field
ICAP’s Susan Michaels-Strasser, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, speaks with an unnamed ICU nurse about her experiences on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in New York City. Join Dr. Michaels-Strasser, senior director of human resources for health (HRH) at ICAP, as...
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...
