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US Embassy First Secretary Jeff Bryan and Cote d'Ivoire Minister of Health Raymonde Goudou Coffie celebrate the handover of the national policy for health care and services quality improvement
October 05, 2016
Official healthcare quality improvement policy in Côte d’Ivoire

On October 3, 2016, the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene in Côte d’Ivoire hosted an official ceremony to adopt a national policy document for improving the quality of health care and services. The event was attended by US Embassy First Secretary Jeff Bryan and USAID Mission Health Office...

Jay Wechsler, URC President, visits field staff in Uganda (2016)
October 01, 2016
Join us in welcoming Jay S. Wechsler, URC's new president

We are pleased to announce the selection of Jay S. Wechsler as the next president of URC and its nonprofit affiliate, Center for Human Services (CHS).

Article co-authors (left to right) Carolyn Hemminger, Ingrid Weiss, and Serena Stepanovic
September 30, 2016
Ingrid Weiss, Serena Stepanovic, and Carolyn Hemminger co-authors of peer-reviewed article on nutrition in Zambia

URC staff Ingrid Weiss, Serena Stepanovic, and Carolyn Hemminger recently published the article, “ Use of a Nutrition Behavior Change Counseling Tool: Lessons from a Rapid Qualitative Assessment in Eastern Zambia ,” in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Public Health.

Graph shows improvement of percentage of vulnerable children linked to services, from less than 10% in November, 2014, to nearly 90% in July, 2015
September 27, 2016
Community-based advocacy helps get critical services to HIV+ children

The introduction of a savings and loan group, combined with a system to identify HIV+ children and link them to care, improves children's access to services in a village in Mukono District, Uganda (2015)

Dr. Molotsi Monyamane, Lesotho Health Minister, addresses the distinguished guests who came to celebrate the opening of Mafeteng Hospital's newly rennovated molecular diagnostic laboratory.
September 15, 2016
Lab revitalization to improve HIV viral load & early infant diagnosis testing in Lesotho

URC’s laboratory project supports revitalization of molecular diagnostic laboratory to improve HIV viral load & early infant diagnosis testing in Lesotho. The revitalized hospital laboratory now has the capacity to receive and analyze viral load and early infant diagnosis (EID) samples from...

Screenshot of Tableau-generated chart showing SUSTAIN's progress towards achieving goal: 90% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression
September 14, 2016
Getting to 90-90-90 in Uganda

The Strengthening Uganda’s Systems for Treating AIDS Nationally (SUSTAIN) project is pleased to announce the launch of their updated website. The site, www.sustainuganda.org , provides visitors with quick access to the HIV-related information they need...

Dr. Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States and Christie Vilsack, Senior Advisor for International education, USAID, cut a cake commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Early Grade Reading Assessment
September 09, 2016
USAID, Global Reading Network Celebrate 50 Years of International Literacy Day

USAID and the Global Reading Network (GRN) were pleased to join in the worldwide celebration of the 50 th anniversary of International Literacy Day (ILD)! On September 7 and 9, GRN hosted daylong events at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. On September 8, USAID and the U.S...

September 08, 2016
Register to Take a Closer Look at Adolescent Girls Programming

Join us for an exciting OVC Task Force-sponsored event that will bring together policy makers, researchers, and OVC practitioners as we take a closer look at programming for adolescent girls that seeks to prevent and reduce HIV infections.

Quality improvement changes improved enrollment of malnourished clients at Kitgum Hospital in Northern Uganda improved from 30% in June, 2015 to 100% enrollment (October through April, 2016).
September 01, 2016
Ugandan hospital improves enrollment and treatment of malnourished clients to 100%

During a baseline assessment at Kitgum Hospital in Northern Uganda, the hospital’s staff realized that only 60% of clients identified as malnourished at different service points were being appropriately treated for malnutrition using RUTF. Learn how the hospital's quality improvement team...

August 31, 2016
Web-based system streamlines data collection and patient management in Cambodia

URC, under the USAID-funded Social Health Protection (SHP) Project , is helping the Cambodian Ministry of Health and Department of Planning and Health Information to develop the Patient Management and Registration...

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