Maternal and child health
Jun 26, 2024 | News
In the densely populated settlement of Kroobay in Freetown, Sierra Leone, families have faced a number of challenges in recent years. Due to its low-lying coastal location and the community’s unstable infrastructure, Kroobay is prone to flooding, especially during the...
Jan 29, 2024 | News, Stories from the Field
Visitors to Our Lourdes Preschool in the Sierra Leone city of Port Loko will immediately notice a new, unique feature: a thriving teaching garden now adorns the school grounds. They may also see groups of young children gathered under a newly built, brightly painted...
Mar 23, 2021 | Stories from the Field
With the expansion of large-scale HIV prevention outreach efforts and increased accessibility of antiretroviral therapy (ART), the last decade has seen huge progress in the reduction of new HIV infections among newborn infants around the world. However, significant...
Sep 22, 2020 | News
In its work to champion the use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) as a key strategy to protect the health of women and in the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, ICAP held a learning forum to share findings on the current barriers and drivers to the use...
Aug 15, 2019 | News
As in many rural areas across Sierra Leone, the roads between Kukuna Township and the nearest maternity hospital in Kambia are in very poor repair. Although the journey is only 35 miles, it can take up to three hours—a very long time on a bumpy road for a woman in...
