IPC - Infection Prevention and Control
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...
Oct 25, 2022 | News
The Uganda Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Western and Central region of Uganda in September 2022. By October 20, 2022, 65 EVD cases were confirmed, 27 people had died, and 1,636 contacts of cases had been listed, with new...