Stories from the Field
Aug 29, 2023 | News, Stories from the Field
Last summer, mpox, a previously rare disease, suddenly emerged in 113 countries, including the United States. Mpox is related to smallpox and was known to cause flu-like symptoms. Last summer’s outbreak, however, was especially challenging because the illness also...
Aug 3, 2023 | Stories from the Field
On foot, via bicycle, or by car, Narciso Fausto Pedro visits the homes of clients who are often hard to reach in Nampula, Mozambique. As an index testing lay counselor, Pedro conducts HIV testing for any contact of a client who has tested positive or is known to be...
Jul 26, 2023 | News, Stories from the Field
Ethiopia’s Amhara Regional Health Bureau recognized ICAP last month for its effective and timely support of the bureau’s emergency response efforts to restore HIV services and antiretroviral treatment (ART) in 65 health facilities partially or fully destroyed during a...
Jul 24, 2023 | Stories from the Field
In Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a group of women gather, carrying with them the money they earned during the week. “I am here,” each woman says, leaning forward to state their attendance and placing some money in a box in the center. The group,...
Jul 19, 2023 | Stories from the Field
The Assosa Zone of Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz Region is renowned for its abundant gold mines, attracting jobseekers from across the country and making artisanal gold mining—or informal, small-scale mining—the primary source of income for a substantial portion of the...
Jul 19, 2023 | Stories from the Field
Maria Isabel Rodriguez has been a nurse at CMI Benguela health facility in Benguela province, Angola, for 12 years. Support from ICAP at Columbia University, she said, has not just changed, but transformed client-centered care over her more-than-a-decade tenure. “I...
