Rwanda
Rwanda
ICAP is currently supporting the Ministry of Health to strengthen pediatric antiretroviral therapy (ART) health outcomes through a comparison of health outcomes before and after revisions were made to the country’s guidelines. ICAP in Rwanda is also implementing an HIV population-based survey to estimate incidence, prevalence, and viral load suppression at the national level in order to support evidence-based planning and decision-making.

Projects

Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA)
- Multi-Country,
- current
Resolve to Save Lives
- Multi-Country,
- current
The CQUIN Project for Differentiated Service Delivery
- Multi-Country,
- current
Tracking with Recency Assays to Control the Epidemic (TRACE)
- Multi-Country,
- current
ICAP in Rwanda
Program Start
- 2017
Key Technical Areas
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Capacity Building of Health Workforce
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HIV Care and Treatment
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HIV Testing and Counseling
- Human resources for health
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Key / Priority Populations
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Implementation Science / Operations Research
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Maternal and Child Health / PMTCT
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Monitoring & Evaluation / SI
- Nursing and midwifery
- Population-based surveys
- Prison health
- Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
- Research
- Sexual and gender-based violence
- Strategic information
- Tuberculosis
Current Funders
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PEPFAR / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Country Director
Veronicah Mugisha, MBcHB, DPH, Mmed (PH)
Dr. Veronicah Mugisha is a physician and public health specialist with over 30 years of clinical, research, and program management experience in the areas of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, and epidemic and disaster management. A Ugandan national, she received her medical and post-graduate degrees from Makerere University in Uganda.
Dr. Mugisha has worked across both government and NGO sectors. She has held a number of positions with ICAP, including as Country Director for ICAP in Rwanda from 2011-2013. Prior to that, she was Deputy Country Director for Programs and PHIA Project Director in Tanzania, and Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor and then Director for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation in Rwanda. Before joining ICAP, Veronicah served the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Director for Global Fund projects in Rwanda, Country Director for JSI in Rwanda, and Director of Epidemiology and Public Hygiene within the Ministry of Health of Rwanda. Prior to that, she was an emergency physician at Mulago Hospital in Uganda.
Jobs in Rwanda
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