Women
ICAP Harnesses the Power of AI to Improve Cervical Cancer Screening in Tanzania
Cervical cancer, the fourth most-common cancer in women, is a devastating disease – especially because it is highly preventable and curable if caught early. Visual inspection with acetic acid is a primary screening method that can be integrated into routine outpatient...
Capturing Women’s Voices: Eswatini Study Explores Young Women’s Contraception Use and HIV Prevention Practices
While significant progress has been made in curbing the HIV epidemic across sub-Saharan Africa, new infections persist, particularly among young women. In southern Africa, three quarters of all new HIV infections are among young women and nearly one in four...
ICAP in Angola Supports Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women Living with HIV – and their Children – on the Journey to Viral Load Suppression
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...