ICAP

Panama

Panama

Panama’s HIV epidemic still has gaps along the HIV prevention and care cascade, making it difficult for the country to reach the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals. High rates of infection among vulnerable populations such as men who have sex with men and transgender women have significantly complicated the HIV epidemic in Panama in recent years, and the large influx of migrants fleeing the crisis in Venezuela has exacerbated the situation. ICAP is working with the 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

Programmatic Support Award (PSA)

  • Multi-Country,
  • current:
  • Brazil
  • ,
  • Cameroon
  • ,
  • Colombia
  • ,
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • ,
  • El Salvador
  • ,
  • Guatemala
  • ,
  • Honduras
  • ,
  • Kazakhstan
  • ,
  • Malawi
  • ,
  • Myanmar
  • ,
  • Panama
  • ,
  • Peru
  • ,
  • Philippines
  • ,
  • South Sudan
  • ,
  • Tanzania
  • ,
  • Uganda
  • ,
  • Zambia
  • ,
  • 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 Panama

Active Years
  • 2021 to present
Key Technical Areas
  • HIV
  • Global Health Security
  • Laboratory Strengthening
  • Quality Improvement
  • Technical Assistance
Current Funders
  • CDC/PEPFAR

Regional Director

Ricardo Mendizabal, MPH

Ricardo Mendizabel leads ICAP’s Latin America team, 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 emphasis in epidemiology from Universidad Rafael Landivar.

Jobs in Panama

See the ICAP careers page to search all job listings.