SI - Strategic information
Jun 10, 2026 | News, Stories from the Field
In 2013, The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) adopted DHIS2 (District Health Information Software 2) as the national electronic platform for health data collection, processing, and dissemination. A free, open-source software platform, DHIS2 is considered the world’s...
Jul 25, 2025 | News
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ICAP at Columbia University is working to produce quality strategic information to guide health-based decisions at the national level by establishing standard operating procedures, supporting data analysis, and developing...
May 22, 2025 | News
ICAP at Columbia University is supporting Lesotho in strengthening its use and deployment of data to improve HIV and other health-based decision-making across the country. Since 2019, with support from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)...
Apr 16, 2021 | Stories from the Field
As a boy growing up in rural Ethiopia, ICAP’s Tesfay Abreha, DVM, MSc, MPH, and his family dreamed of him becoming a successful lawyer, influenced by an uncle who was a judge. But life had other plans: as a young student, he excelled in science rather than political...
Apr 15, 2021 | Stories from the Field
In support of national efforts to improve diagnostic services for patients accessing care at public health facilities in Eswatini, ICAP at Columbia University developed a digital link, or interface, enabling seamless data exchange between public health facilities and...
