In March of 2020, Uganda identified its first COVID-19 case. As the government began to use health centers as COVID-19 quarantine sites, people began to stop seeking health services there for fear of contracting the virus. Health center visits for care and…
Digital technology allows supply chain processes to be more simple and agile. It also helps generate reliable and transparent reports to streamline both planning and decision-making resulting in improved access to safe, effective, and quality-assured medicines. During the past decade, URC has…
URC has been awarded the five-year Cambodia Malaria Elimination 2 Project (CMEP 2) by USAID/PMI Cambodia to continue support of Cambodia’s National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control (CNM) to achieve malaria elimination. CMEP 2 extends URC’s 20-year legacy of work…
James Oketch has served as a village health team member for 10 years in Kitgum District, Northern Uganda. Even as a village health team member, Oketch was wary of promoting family planning (FP) methods. “Friends told me that a woman can over…
Climate-related events – such as extreme weather, heatwaves, floods, and droughts – affect human health and well-being both directly and indirectly. Typhoons, for example, flood homes and wash out roads. But even after these storms pass, health care service delivery often continues…
The following excerpt is taken from an article on Devex that was posted on May 17, 2021. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare our collective weaknesses to effectively respond to the emergence of a highly contagious and lethal microbial threat. Despite…
Ensuring reliable and affordable procurement of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies in low- and middle-income countries is a critical element of providing quality health care services. Unfortunately, supply chain management systems are susceptible to scams, kickbacks, leakages, and theft, which compromise governments’ ability…
Baby Uthman, 18-months old, from Mulanga Village, Bugweri District in East Central Uganda missed his scheduled Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (DPT3) immunization at 14 weeks. “We did not have money to transport Uthman for his vaccinations and failed to go because the health center is…
On Wednesday, April 28, the U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Samantha Power to be the 19th administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Power is the third woman to serve as administrator since the agency was created in 1961. “Ambassador Power…
Fredrick Isabirye, M.D., an experienced doctor, and district health officer for Buyende District in East Central Uganda – was concerned about a surge in malaria cases reported at health facilities in his district. Even with targeted interventions to control malaria in the…