Uganda
Uganda
Women and girls are among the key populations disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic in Uganda, where stigma and other barriers have hindered action to roll out testing and treatment. Since the recent UPHIA HIV population-based survey, ICAP has been working with the Ministry of Health on innovative linkage and service delivery strategies for HIV prevention, care, and treatment, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and Test and Treat.
Projects
Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA)
- Multi-Country,
- current:
- Cameroon ,
- Cote d’ Ivoire ,
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ,
- Eswatini ,
- Lesotho ,
- Tanzania ,
- Uganda
PHIA is a multi-country initiative led by ICAP, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and ministries of health in PEPFAR-supported countries. Each survey offers household-based HIV counseling and testing conducted by trained survey staff, with return of results. The surveys also ask questions about access to preventive care and treatment services for adults and children. The results measure national and regional progress toward UNAIDS’ 90-90-90 goals and guide policy ...
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 ,
- 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. ...
The CQUIN Project for Differentiated Service Delivery
- Multi-Country,
- current
CQUIN is a multi-country learning network dedicated to improving differentiated service delivery (DSD) for people living with HIV. Launched in 2017 with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the network convenes health system leaders from countries in sub-Saharan Africa to participate in joint learning and information exchange, with the goal of fostering scale-up ...
ICAP in Uganda
Program Start
- 2015
Key Technical Areas
- Capacity building of educational institutions
- HIV prevention, care, and treatment
- Population-based surveys
- Surveillance
Current Funders
- Gates Foundation
- PEPFAR / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Country Representative
Jobs in Uganda
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