Testing
Apr 27, 2026 | News
When the COVID-19 brought the world to a standstill in 2020, health systems across low- and middle-income countries faced unprecedented stresses. Clinics closed. Supply chains faltered. Patients missed appointments. Laboratory systems stalled. At the very moment when...
Mar 9, 2026 | News
(Photo by Artur Francisco for ICAP) Men, and particularly young men, in sub-Saharan Africa continue to lag behind women in HIV testing and awareness of their status, according to a new study by researchers from ICAP at Columbia University. The findings underscore the...
Nov 20, 2025 | News, Stories from the Field
Effective HIV epidemic control depends on efficiently tackling issues that may interfere with optimal testing and treatment of people living with HIV. From low testing volume to treatment interruption and unsuppressed viral load, unaddressed gaps can become serious...
Mar 30, 2023 | Stories from the Field
HIV testing is critical to achieving epidemic control and the UNAIDS 2030 targets. To support ministries of health and stakeholders to expand HIV testing services in Africa, ICAP’s HIV learning network, CQUIN, recently convened more than 200 stakeholders to share...
Dec 26, 2022 | News
Last November, the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ICAP at Columbia University donated laboratory equipment to seven HIV testing facilities in Regions 6 and 7 in the Philippines....