TB and TB / HIV - Tuberculosis
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...
Aug 31, 2020 | In the Media, News
ICAP’s work with Eswatini’s Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTCP) to establish routine testing and prevention for tuberculosis (TB) in the country was recently highlighted in Borgen Magazine. The initiative aims to...
Jan 10, 2020 | In the Media, News
The 2010s saw breakthroughs in global public health problems that saved millions of lives. National Public Radio (NPR) spoke with Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health faculty experts on the greatest scientific successes in the last ten years. Dr. Wafaa...
Dec 24, 2019 | In the Media, News
Early treatments for the drug-resistant disease required injections over many months, and the side effects, such as hearing loss, kidney failure, depression or psychosis, can be worse than the disease, says Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, director of ICAP at Columbia...
Jul 22, 2019 | In the Media, News
Despite World Health Organization recommendations to provide TB preventative treatment to all people living with HIV and UNAIDS’ goal of reaching 90 percent of people living with HIV with TB prevention services by 2020, only one million people infected with HIV...
