In 2004, ICAP was founded and was awarded a new cooperative agreement from CDC under the PEPFAR framework, the Track 1.0 funding mechanism, to provide comprehensive HIV care and treatment in five countries: Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, and Tanzania, with programming in Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, and Nigeria subsequently added.
This project is supported with funding from PEPFAR through the CDC.Ĭolumbia University’s role in implementing PEPFAR began in 2003, when it received funding from the Global AIDS Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the University Technical Assistance Projects (UTAP) to support the development of important components of national HIV programs, including treatment protocols and training. ICAP at Columbia University is collaborating with the Government of Tanzania at national, regional, district and community levels and collaborates with HIV stakeholders including implementing partners, healthcare providers and community volunteers to deliver services to intended beneficiaries. Priority populations include vulnerable adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) aged 15 to 29 years. KVP include groups with elevated behavioral risk for HIV, comprising of female sex workers (FSW), people who inject drugs (PWID), and men who have sex with men (MSM). The goal of the project is to accelerate, expand, and improve the quality of comprehensive community-based HIV prevention services to key and vulnerable populations (KVP) and priority populations (PP) to achieve epidemic control. This project provides comprehensive, community-based HIV Prevention, Linkage and Retention Services for Key Populations and Adolescent Girls and Young Women in eight regions across Tanzania including Dar es Salaam, Pwani, Mwanza, Mara, Simiyu, Kigoma, Kagera and Geita.