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URC’s award-winning multimedia products include computer-based training tools, video news releases, public service announcements, documentaries, and training videos.
Some of our illustrative videos may be downloaded using Real Player. (To download a free copy of Real Player, click here or on the Real Player icon below.) Selected URC publications may be downloaded as Adobe Acrobat .PDF files. (To download Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here or on the Acrobat Reader icon below).
 
URC is a leader in the development of health care-related CD-ROM training and information dissemination products. These include easy-to-use and cost-effective computer-based tools to strengthen health services delivery, manage disease conditions, improve health worker and organizational performance, and increase access to state-of-art health training.
URC has produced anti-drug public service announcements, video news releases about youth programs, and documentaries that tell young sailors in boot camp the truth about drinking while in the Navy. Other videos have encouraged schools to understand the power of computer networking to change education, shown portraits of today’s teachers, and instructed trainees in improving their communications skills.
Multimedia Products
FOCUS, a computer-based program, available in English and Spanish, provides a model for forecasting family planning and contraceptive needs. The program offers family planning practitioners a tool for projecting contraceptive needs in order to develop five-year plans. FOCUS can be used to identify reproductive health trends either in a particular economic sector or nationwide. Generated results enable countries to analyze contraceptive stock levels and demand trends in order for the donor community to plan for and meet consumer needs. The program is distributed with sample reproductive data from Guatemala, however, can be adapted by any country for use in any area of health care. The product includes two CD-ROMs and a user’s guide.
For information on FOCUS or to obtain the CD-ROMs, please contact Erin McCarthy at emccarthy@urc-chs.com.
 Health Journalism CD-ROM is a computer-based training tool developed for the International Broadcasting Bureau/Voice of America and UNAIDS. The Health Journalism CD-ROM provides an interactive learning environment for journalists to learn about key health and population issues in developing countries, such as HIV/AIDS, in order to enhance the quality and breadth of their reporting.
 Managing Quality Through Regulation Conference CD-ROM contains the electronic proceedings of the first global conference to address the regulation of health care quality from the perspective of developing and middle-income countries, held October 4–5, 2000 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The CD-ROM features summaries of technical presentations, PowerPoint presentations, handouts, useful website links, sponsor publications, and contact information for conference speakers and participants. For more information, visit Products at http://www.qaproject.org.
 QA Kit: Quality Assurance Theories and Tools CD-ROM was developed by the U.S. Agency for International Development Quality Assurance Project as an alternative method to build capacity in quality assurance (QA) skills and support quality improvement teams once they are operational. The QA Kit was designed for health professionals in a developing country setting and offers computerized tools and online QA training. Available in English. For more information, visit Products/Quality Performance Learning Series at http://www.qaproject.org.
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Tuberculosis Case Management CD-ROM, the U.S. Agency for International Development Quality Assurance Project’s award-winning CD-ROM trains health workers in the latest tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment using the World Health Organization’s Directly Observed Therapy Short-Course (DOTS) approach. For more information, link to Products/Quality Performance Learning Series at http://www.qaproject.org. Winner, Crystal Award of Excellence, the Communicator Awards, and Winner, Gold Cindy Award, International Cinema in Industry Competition.
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