Women
Aug 15, 2019 | News
As in many rural areas across Sierra Leone, the roads between Kukuna Township and the nearest maternity hospital in Kambia are in very poor repair. Although the journey is only 35 miles, it can take up to three hours—a very long time on a bumpy road for a woman in...
Jun 21, 2019 | In the Media, News
Since October 2018, with funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ICAP’s DREAMS project has been active in Muleba District Council in the western Tanzanian region of Kagera....
Jun 14, 2019 | News
Results from Eswatini’s first-ever interventional randomized clinical trial, just released, reveal no substantial difference in HIV risk for women using one of three highly effective, reversible methods of contraception. Eswatini’s participation in the multi-country...
Jun 13, 2019 | In the Media, News
The results of a clinical study that provided evidence about the potential link between three female contraceptives and an increased risk in HIV infection were released at the 9th South African AIDS Conference in Durban on Thursday afternoon. Participants were from...
Jun 5, 2019 | Stories from the Field
For pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV, antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a safe and effective way to avoid transmitting HIV to their babies. Strategies like Option B+, where expectant mothers living with HIV are offered lifelong ART regardless of their...