Stories from the Field
Mar 26, 2024 | News, Stories from the Field
An ICAP-supported disease surveillance team in Kenya successfully identified and reported a new human case of Rift Valley fever (RVF) in northern Kenya, leading the country’s Ministry of Health to declare an outbreak on January 24, 2024. RVF is an acute hemorrhagic...
Mar 19, 2024 | News, Stories from the Field
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, international public health experts knew the country and its neighbors would soon face an invisible crisis in addition to the destruction and mass casualties of war: the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)....
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...
