Stories from the Field
Jun 5, 2019 | Stories from the Field
At the Lundazi Urban Clinic in Zambia’s Eastern Province, an ICAP-supported community lay counselor welcomed Susan as she hurried in. “How come you are late for pharmacy pick-up?” the counselor asked. “I could not leave the village as I had to participate in field...
Jun 3, 2019 | Stories from the Field
Hilda,* 16, didn’t know she was HIV-positive when she joined the DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored, and Safe) peer group in her home village of Kitoko in Tanzania. “The first DREAMS sessions were exciting. We learned about HIV and...
Apr 25, 2019 | Stories from the Field
As ministries of health and their partners move to scale up differentiated service delivery (DSD) for HIV treatment, one approach is taking the spotlight. Multi-month scripting (MMS) is a facility-based, individual-focused DSD model, in which recipients of care who...
Apr 4, 2019 | Stories from the Field
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...
Apr 4, 2019 | Stories from the Field
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...
Apr 4, 2019 | Stories from the Field
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...
