Stories from the Field
Dec 20, 2021 | Stories from the Field
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is celebrated every year from November 18 to 24 to create awareness about the health threats of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In Eswatini, ICAP has been supporting the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini through the...
Nov 29, 2021 | Stories from the Field
Maria Uwambajimana stands in front of her house patiently waiting for a blood sample to be taken by a team from the Ministry of Health under the newly launched Uganda Refugee Population-based HIV Impact Assessment survey (RUPHIA 2021). Uwambajimana is one of the 1.2...
Oct 26, 2021 | Stories from the Field
An initiative to build infection, prevention, and control capacity in East Africa, ICAP’s East Africa Infection Prevention and Control learning network (EAIPC) has, since September 2020, paved the way for enhancing and expanding IPC standards in Ethiopia, Kenya,...
Sep 13, 2021 | News, Stories from the Field
In one of the largest low-income communities in Freetown, Sierra Leone – the Kroobay community – pregnant women and their families face multiple health care challenges, including limited access to skilled health providers, water and sanitation issues, poor nutrition,...
Sep 9, 2021 | Stories from the Field
In the streets of Harlem and the Bronx, a new “set of wheels” is getting noticed. All summer long, ICAP’s state-of-the-art mobile clinic has been making rounds in these bustling communities, drawing plenty of attention when it rolls up to spend the day in a busy...
Sep 8, 2021 | Stories from the Field
At the ICAP-supported Meshualekia Health Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, there has been remarkable progress in implementing an enhanced electronic medical record for patients on antiretroviral therapy (EMR-ART) system. The enhanced EMR-ART system gives health care...
