Talk:ICAP at Columbia University

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Hi, Some information on this entry is incorrect and/or outdated. Please note that the name of the center is "ICAP at Columbia University" and it no longer goes by "International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs"

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ICAP works in global health supporting programs, training, research, and impact measurement that address HIV/AIDS and related conditions and works to strengthen health systems.

ICAP currently works in 21 countries including: Angola, Cameroon, Central Asia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, and Tanzania, the United States, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. ICAP has supported work at more than 5,250 health facilities around the world. More than 2.5 million people have received HIV care through ICAP-supported programs (and over 1.7 million have begun antiretroviral therapy (as of May 2016).

ICAP was founded in 2003 and is led by its Director Wafaa El-Sadr. With a special emphasis on family-focused care, use of multidisciplinary teams, attention to the multitude of needs of individuals at risk for or living with HIV/AIDS, ICAP has clinical expertise in HIV counseling and testing, prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, HIV prevention care and treatment, and related conditions, such as tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases.

ICAP works at every level of the health system, collaborating with national governments, district health management teams, individual health facilities, NGOs, and educational institutions to strengthen the health system and improve patient outcomes.

ICAP uses four core approaches: technical assistance, implementation support, capacity building, and thought leadership.

ICAP partners with both public and private organizations, including ministries of health, the World Health Organization, and UNAIDS. Support to ministries of health includes: supporting planning, budgeting, health service delivery, monitoring and evaluation, and policy development. ICAP brings intellectual, technical, human, and material resources needed to achieve program results.

156.111.60.215 (talk) 18:01, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
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