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Philippines Department of Health Leaders Examine Best Practices in Continuous Quality Improvement

Philippines Department of Health Leaders Examine Best Practices in Continuous Quality Improvement

URC, with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and USAID, recently hosted an eight-person delegation from the Philippines Department of Health (DOH) on a week-long study tour in the Washington, DC area to learn more about best practices in continuous quality…

Using a Continuous Quality Improvement Approach to Reduce the Burden of TB in the Philippines

Using a Continuous Quality Improvement Approach to Reduce the Burden of TB in the Philippines

Tuberculosis (TB) poses a significant economic and public health challenge to the Philippines, with a high TB incidence rate of 650/100,000 population and challenges in controlling the disease, including a national treatment coverage rate of just 53%. But USAID’s TB Platforms for…

URC Signs MOUs with Ukrainian Universities Addressing Community-Based Mental Health Needs

URC Signs MOUs with Ukrainian Universities Addressing Community-Based Mental Health Needs

Last month, URC visited the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy School of Public Health and Polissia National University in Kyiv, Ukraine to foster collaboration in the area of community mental health. After meeting with representatives from the universities on June 21 to…

Handover of Renovated Madi-Opei and Atiak Health Center-IV Laboratories in Northern Uganda

Handover of Renovated Madi-Opei and Atiak Health Center-IV Laboratories in Northern Uganda

To enhance support for the Uganda Ministry of Health’s laboratory system, the USAID RHITES-N, Acholi Activity undertook the initiative to strengthen laboratory services for disease surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. This has been accomplished through the renovation of the laboratories of both…