Stories from the Field
Mar 27, 2017 | Stories from the Field
Community health workers (CHW) are often deployed to provide health services in both resource-rich and resource-poor settings. ICAP at Columbia University researchers collaborated with the Eastern Cape Department of Health in South Africa in the assessment of the role...
Jan 19, 2017 | Stories from the Field
Lesotho has the second highest HIV prevalence in the world and over 70 percent of tuberculosis (TB) patients are HIV-positive. Lesotho’s many migrant mine workers are at particularly high risk of acquiring TB and HIV due to working conditions in the mines and other...
Jan 11, 2017 | Stories from the Field
As Angola lays the groundwork for implementing WHO’s test and start guidelines, the Government of Angola and its partners are working to streamline processes so that already overburdened health facilities can accommodate the increased numbers of patients on ART....
Oct 28, 2016 | Stories from the Field
In Myanmar, only one-half of all people living with HIV have access to life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART). One of the factors impacting access is that publicly-funded HIV services are provided at central hospitals located in larger states, requiring patients...
Jul 1, 2016 | Stories from the Field
In Mozambique, where the HIV prevalence rate is more than 11 percent, women are even more likely to be affected. They often face a number of cultural, social, and economic barriers to HIV prevention, care, and treatment. Gender-based violence is among these barriers....
Jun 7, 2016 | Stories from the Field
Accurate early diagnosis and prompt treatment of malaria is among the core strategies used to prevent and control malaria. When patients visit health centers or hospitals for malaria care, a lab technician collects blood from the patient and examines it for the...
