IPC - Infection Prevention and Control
Jan 16, 2025 | News
Hand hygiene is a core approach to reducing health care-associated infections and ensuring patient safety during medical care. In Ukraine, however, the Ukrainian Public Health Center (UPHC) found that 44.3 percent of health care workers lack effective hand rubbing...
Feb 21, 2024 | News
Since October 2023, Zambia has been shocked by a major cholera outbreak that has now infected more than 18,000 and killed more than 600 people, the deadliest outbreak on record for the southern African country. Tapped by the Ministry of Health to help address the...
Oct 20, 2023 | News
In September, the first cohort of trainees graduated from ICAP’s Infection Prevention and Control Advanced Training Program, a six-month advanced, competency-based certificate course that enables health care workers in Ethiopia to deepen their knowledge, skills, and...
Aug 30, 2023 | News, Stories from the Field
Representatives from 20 hospitals and ministries of health in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda gathered in Mombasa, Kenya, from August 1-3 to exchange lessons learned and strategies for infection prevention and control (IPC) compliance. The three-day meeting was...
Dec 22, 2022 | News, Stories from the Field
High-Level CDC Foundation Team Visits ICAP-Supported IPC Facilities in Ethiopia related to COVID-19 Screening, Monitoring, Isolation and Cohorting (COSMIC) Project In March 2020, Ethiopia reported its first COVID-19 case signaling the emerging threats to Ethiopia’s...
