ICAP

El Salvador

El Salvador

Gaps exist along the HIV prevention and care cascade, making it difficult for El Salvador to reach the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals. ICAP is working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Ministry of Health, President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) implementers, and civil society groups. These partnerships aim to improve current practices and to fast-track local capacity to meet national, PEPFAR, and UNAIDS goals by implementing innovative, effective, and comprehensive capacity-building strategies that strengthen service delivery and human resources for health.

Projects

GHS Surveillance

  • current
EL SALVADOR El Salvador has a strong health system with improved capabilities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is an important need to strengthen current surveillance abilities in staff to respond to, especially to other emerging diseases. The improved expertise of the epidemiology staff will increase the preparedness of the country for any ...

Programmatic Support Award (PSA)

  • Multi-Country,
  • current:
  • Brazil
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  • Cameroon
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  • Colombia
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  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
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  • El Salvador
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  • Guatemala
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  • Honduras
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  • Kazakhstan
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  • Malawi
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  • Myanmar
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  • Panama
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  • Peru
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  • Philippines
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  • South Sudan
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  • Tanzania
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  • Uganda
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  • Zambia
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  • Zimbabwe
Building on over 15 years of partnership between ICAP at Columbia University, PEPFAR, and CDC, the Programmatic Support Award provides rapid, flexible technical support to accelerate evidence-based HIV prevention and treatment program implementation and align health systems strengthening activities. ...

ICAP in El Salvador

Active Years
  • 2020 – present
Key Technical Areas
  • HIV
  • Global Health Security
  • Quality Improvement
  • Technical Assistance
  • Laboratory Strengthening
Current Funders
  • PEPFAR/ U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control

Regional Director

Ricardo Mendizabal, MPH

Ricardo Mendizabel leads ICAP’s team in Latin America, providing technical support in this region on HIV prevention, diagnosis, and care. Prior to this role, Ricardo worked on other PEPFAR-supported projects in Latin America, including the implementation of national HIV drug resistance surveys. Ricardo is from Guatemala. He holds a Masters in Public Health with an emphasis in epidemiology from Universidad Rafael Landivar.

Jobs in El Salvador

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