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, taking place virtually from Oct. 19-22. Following the conference theme of “Lung Health for All: Solutions for a…
In 2004, at age seven, Nancy Lakot was taken from her home by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). She witnessed terrible violence during her two years in captivity. Always clinging to the hope of returning home, her wish came true with an…
URC has been awarded the four-year Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) Uganda, which will work to save lives by preventing HIV infections and therefore accelerating progress toward achieving epidemic control. The partnership – funded by PEPFAR through the U.S. Department…
While the U.S. and other industrialized nations now have COVID-19 vaccine surpluses, many lower- and middle-income nations will not have access to these vaccines until well into 2022. And even when the vaccines are produced and arrive in country, many of these…
An HIV project implemented by URC in five Central American countries over a decade has left a legacy of significantly stronger public and private sector institutions, better equipped to provide quality HIV testing and treatment. URC’s work contributed to improved access to…
URC has been awarded the five-year President’s Malaria Initiative Eliminate Malaria (PMI-EM) Activity by USAID/Burma to support comprehensive malaria elimination interventions in Myanmar. PMI-EM builds on URC’s 10 years of continuous implementation of PMI malaria control projects in Myanmar. Since URC began…
Rosalie Porcelin, a licensed social worker in General Santos City, located in southern Philippines, starts her day with a prayer for strength, perseverance, and faith that she will be able to help her clients. She has been doing social work for 23…
Bwaira Moreen, a clinical officer, began working at Kiyunga Health Center IV’s HIV treatment clinic in June 2020. One of her first tasks upon joining the health facility was to review all children and adolescent files to ensure they had viral load…
Uganda received its first shipment of 864,000 doses of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility on March 6, 2021. With a limited number of vaccines, the initial COVID-19 vaccination campaign prioritized most at-risk individuals by occupation ̶ mainly health…
Lubaina Zainal, 26, of Buluan, Maguindanao, delivered her fifth child in January 2021 and has been breastfeeding her child exclusively since then. Lubaina knows the benefits of breast milk for her newborn and that the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) is a modern…