04/01/2026
ICAP at Columbia University is completing three weeks of Public Health Emergency Preparedness Response and Recovery (PHEPRR) training across West and Southern Africa. This regional competency-based training aims to develop surge capacity across all health sectors in line with the One Health approach. Working with CDC ICAP has trained over 60 public health professionals such as epidemiologists, doctors, nurses, veterinarians, WASH specialists, pharmacists and laboratorians across 18 countries (South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Benin, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo and The Gambia.) Over the full six months of the fellowship, fellows learn about key principles such as incident management systems, assessing threat and hazards and tactical planning as well as completing a Capstone Project to address an emergency response gap in their country.