What We Do

ICAP supports three broad health-related areas: service delivery (programs); training; monitoring, evaluation, and research.

Programs:

Comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment, including antiretroviral therapy, for children and adults;

Family-focused care with attention to the needs of women and children;

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and PMTCT Centers ;

Integration of PMTCT services into maternal-child health, reproductive, and immunization services;

Integration of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS care and treatment;

Integration of malaria and HIV/AIDS care and treatment;

ICAP Nurse Capacity Initiative;

Pediatric Centers of Excellence;

Tuberculosis/HIV Model Centers;

Comprehensive Family Care Centers;

Infrastructure development, including laboratories, clinics, pharmacies, and other facilities;

Support for procurement of antiretroviral and other medications;

Support for medical records systems;

Counseling and psychosocial support;

Empowerment of HIV-infected individuals and linkages to community resources;

Treatment adherence programs;

Peer intervention, education, and navigation programs;

Support groups for patients and families;

Prevention for positives and substance users;

Healthcare workforce development.

Food banks and nutrition assistance;

Income-generating programs.

Training:

Skills-building workshops for all cadres;

Pediatric training programs, including the South-to-South Partnership for Comprehensive Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment and pediatric centers of excellence;

Multidisciplinary clinical training, precepting, and mentoring;

Nurse mentors program;

Training for medical technicians and pharmacy assistants;

Continuing medical education programs;

Training in research methods and procedures;

Manuals, job aides, and tools;

Training publications and materials for building clinical mentorship skills;

Technical training in Good Laboratory Practice;

Support for strengthened national curricula and training protocols;

Internships, clerkships, monitoring and evaluation practicums, and women's health and HIV fellowships for Columbia University students;

Clinical experiences for Brazilian infectious disease doctors;

Tuberculosis infection control.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research:

Computer-based records systems;

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping;

Unified Reporting System;

Financial tracking systems;

Identifying optimal HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment models in resource-limited settings;

Identifying optimal PMTCT approaches;

Identifying optimal interventions for TB management in HIV-infected individuals;

Identifying optimal interventions for nutrition supplementation;

Field appropriate laboratory assays;

Studies of microbicides for the prevention of HIV transmission;

Avian flu surveillance

A number of ICAP faculty also work through the Mailman School of Public Health Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiologic Research (CIDER) to conduct studies on the epidemiology of infectious diseases of domestic and international significance and to provide training opportunities for young investigators.