URC experts in TB from Uganda and the Philippines are pleased to share their experience and knowledge at the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2022, taking place virtually from November 8-11. Following the conference theme of “Combating Pandemics – Today & Tomorrow,”…
When people think about drug treatment, images of incarceration and mandatory inpatient treatment often come to mind. However, the understanding of drug use has changed in the past decade, and today, there is greater recognition that most users are low-to-moderate risk and…
In 2017, Uganda faced several key obstacles to reducing the reach and impact of tuberculosis (TB). These included inadequately trained health care workers and administrative staff, a lack of coordination among TB program implementers and managers, drug stockouts, and more. And while…
When the Philippine government declared a war against illegal drugs, drug-related arrests spiked. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency reported 220,728 arrests from July 2016 to November 2019. Prison congestion rose 612% and led to disease and deaths. In 2017, the Supreme Court…
An average of 1,000 teenage pregnancies are reported per day in Uganda, according to Ministry of Health data. These pregnancies can have serious health impacts. For example, complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for 15–19-year-old girls globally, according…
The following excerpt is taken from an article on Devex that was posted on August 30, 2022. The unprecedented spread of monkeypox, following the COVID-19 pandemic, underscores how ill-prepared the world continues to be for emerging microbial threats. It seems we just can’t learn…
Five years ago, the USAID Defeat TB Activity (Defeat TB) began its mission to improve TB case detection and treatment completion, strengthen community systems to prevent, diagnose, and treat TB, and enhance leadership to control TB at all levels of the health…
Supplemental oxygen is an essential, life-saving treatment for people hospitalized with COVID-19. During the pandemic, many countries have experienced inadequate access to medical oxygen. Managing access to oxygen requires robust systems and technical knowledge to make sure the systems are reliable and…
Mariam Coulibaly, 33, lives with her two children and her husband in Bakabougouda, a settlement of Kolonto village in the Sikasso region of Mali. Coulibaly had her first child, a boy, almost four years ago. During that pregnancy, Coulibaly received counseling from…
Madina is a peasant farmer living in the Buikwe District of Central Uganda. In 2020, she received news that her 10-year-old daughter, Mariam, had multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). MDR-TB is a form of TB resistant to two of the most potent anti-TB drugs…
