Stories from the Field
May 28, 2024 | News, Stories from the Field
Odette lives in the Gitega province of Burundi. A mother of two, she used to make a living by selling avocadoes. But after her husband abandoned the family, it became difficult to make ends meet. So, Odette turned to sex work. Shortly after doing so, she learned she...
Apr 4, 2024 | News, Stories from the Field
In 2023, Nicholaus William, 31, and his partner Johari Musa, 24, were caught in the grips of drug addiction. Their journey towards substance dependency started in 2015 in their hometown in Tanzania’s Mwanza Region. William, who was working as a secondhand clothes...
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...