Stories from the Field
Feb 22, 2024 | News, Stories from the Field
An estimated 15,000 children under the age of 15 are currently living with HIV in South Sudan, but only 11 percent of those in need of lifesaving antiretroviral therapy (ART) are receiving it. While low rates of ART coverage among children living with HIV can be...
Jan 29, 2024 | News, Stories from the Field
Visitors to Our Lourdes Preschool in the Sierra Leone city of Port Loko will immediately notice a new, unique feature: a thriving teaching garden now adorns the school grounds. They may also see groups of young children gathered under a newly built, brightly painted...
Dec 11, 2023 | Stories from the Field
Alemitu* and her youngest of three children, Ermias, 17,* have been receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) and regular follow-up care at Zewditu Memorial Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, since 2011. One day, at a gathering of mothers and caregivers at the...
Oct 20, 2023 | Stories from the Field
Alma Jona is a single mother of two in the Philippines who has taken on numerous jobs over the years to support her family, from working at a tailor shop to serving as a contractor for the local government. When her local health facility, the Social Hygiene Clinic at...
Oct 20, 2023 | Stories from the Field
Every morning at the Kariba Clinic in Siavonga, Zambia, a nurse carries a flip chart to the facility’s waiting area and begins a presentation on cervical cancer. Women attending the facility for other appointments can sit in on the conversation while they wait, as the...
Sep 27, 2023 | Stories from the Field
In Tanzania’s Mwanza Region, ICAP has enlisted the help of a unique group of community health workers – motorcycle taxi drivers – to promote voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) among young men between the ages of 18 and 29. Male circumcision is considered an...
