In Eswatini, ICAP Identifies Young Women and Adolescent Girls as Accounting for Nearly Half of New HIV Infections

Apr 22, 2022 | News

In Eswatini, key surveillance data on recent HIV infections is providing a roadmap to drive epidemic response efforts to those who especially need them – young women and adolescent girls. The Eswatini HIV-1 Recent Infection Surveillance (EHRIS) program – part of ICAP...

Making PrEP Smart: ICAP Investigates App’s Ability to Improve PrEP Usage and HIV Testing Among Women

Mar 21, 2022 | News

ICAP at Columbia University is testing a theory: can a smartphone app help facilitate HIV self-testing and improve PrEP adherence? Beginning in January 2021, ICAP’s Bronx Prevention Center launched “Making PrEP Smart,” a study exploring the acceptability of an app...

ICAP Celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Feb 15, 2022 | News

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly declared February 11 the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. International Day of Women and Girls in Science recognizes the important role women and girls play in science and technology, but also aims to...

A Novel Pursuit: ICAP’s Ima-Abasi Bassey’s Journey to Pathology

Jul 20, 2021 | Stories from the Field

As a teenager growing up in Nigeria, ICAP’s Ima-Abasi Bassey was a voracious reader of romance novels, finding an escape in an ongoing series detailing dramatic tales of love among health professionals. This was a world where anything could happen and the stakes were...

Through Her Darkest Moments, ICAP’s Enala Daudi Found Her Purpose as a Community Health Worker

Jun 17, 2021 | Stories from the Field

Through the loss of her mother, husband, and two children over a nine-year period, ICAP’s Enala Daudi discovered her purpose as a community health worker—using her lived experiences to accompany her clients throughout their own health journeys after a new HIV...

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