Maternal and child health
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...
Jun 5, 2019 | Stories from the Field
For pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV, antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a safe and effective way to avoid transmitting HIV to their babies. Strategies like Option B+, where expectant mothers living with HIV are offered lifelong ART regardless of their...
Apr 25, 2019 | News
Malaria is one of the most serious health challenges in Sierra Leone, where malaria-related illness and death rates are among the highest in the world, especially among children under five years of age. Protecting these vulnerable lives requires a multi-pronged...
