Maternal and child health
In Eswatini, ICAP Extends Follow-Up and Testing to Give HIV-Exposed Infants a Healthy Start in Life
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...
ICAP Supports Sierra Leone to Become First Country with National Coverage of Infant Malaria Prevention
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...
New, More Convenient Tuberculosis Services Are Saving Women’s Lives in Eswatini
In the heart of Eswatini (the country formerly known as Swaziland), women are being greeted by a new face as they arrive for their family planning, antenatal, or well-child visits. Long a staple at HIV clinics, “cough officers”—non-medical staff who screen patients...