PMTCT - Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Dec 19, 2023 | News
Ten years ago, 32-year-old single mother Musangu Kandanda had already begun breastfeeding her first child when she learned she was HIV-positive. After confirming through HIV testing that Musangu’s daughter had also acquired the virus, the Lubosi Health Center in...
Jul 19, 2023 | Stories from the Field
Maria Isabel Rodriguez has been a nurse at CMI Benguela health facility in Benguela province, Angola, for 12 years. Support from ICAP at Columbia University, she said, has not just changed, but transformed client-centered care over her more-than-a-decade tenure. “I...
Feb 27, 2023 | Events, Webinars
Jul 8, 2022 | Stories from the Field
Dancile Habarugira, a 37-year-old farmer, recalls the first time she heard of the mentor mother program ICAP supports as a member of the RISE consortium in Burundi. It was during a routine antiretroviral therapy (ART) visit with her health care provider at the Mukenke...
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...