Mozambique Study Suggests Solutions for Restoring Health Systems in the Wake of Climate Change Disasters and Pandemics

Jul 23, 2021 | News

Photo Credit: European Union 2019/Photographer: Christian Jepsen Climate change is having a profound and escalating impact on health inequalities around the world. Events such as cyclones, tornadoes, and flooding are predicted to become more common and severe, along...

ICAP Receives Award to Strengthen Mozambique’s Health System Resilience in the Face of Climate Change

Jan 28, 2020 | News

People around the world are facing new challenges for health because of climate change and Mozambique has been particularly hit hard by changing weather patterns. The country, which ranks third in Africa for vulnerability to climate change, has a history of natural...

(CNN) ICAP Research Shows Impact of Drought on HIV Infection Rate

Feb 15, 2019 | In the Media, News

Drought and resulting issues around food security were also shown in a recent study to affect rates of new HIV infections. The research by Columbia University, the Lesotho Ministry of Health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that adolescent...

(Columbia Public Health) Drought in Lesotho heightened HIV risk in girls

Feb 7, 2019 | In the Media, News

Adolescent girls exposed to severe drought conditions in rural Lesotho had higher rates of HIV, according to a new study led by researchers at ICAP at Columbia University, a global health organization based at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, and from the...

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