Immaculate Aparo, 24, is a first-year student of public administration at Gulu University in Uganda and a business owner who sells secondhand shoes, dresses, and other goods. She also is a family planning parish coordinator in Akokulum, Gulu District, in the Determined…
Gender-based violence (GBV) is gaining more attention globally as a shadow pandemic of COVID-19 – one exacerbated by pandemic-related stressors. Stay-at-home measures have increased the risk to GBV victims, who – while remaining at home with their perpetrators – are further isolated,…
Today, Irene Adong is not only a proud mother, but also a proud business owner who operates her own shop. She is also a youth community-based distribution agent (YCBDA) in the Agago District of Uganda. As a YCBDA, Adong has counseled many…
World Mental Health Day was recently observed on October 10. Since 1992, the day has been observed to call attention to mental health needs around the world. As a licensed clinical psychologist, I’ve worked in global health for more than 15 years,…
In April 2020, Taabu Risper, 49, took her sick son Emmanuel, 17, to Banda Health Centre III (HCIII) in Namayingo District, where he was clinically diagnosed with a bacterial infection. The clinician prescribed drugs to treat the infection and allowed him to…
Jaliah Nantabo, 28, mother of two, lives with her mother, sister, and three other children in Bujagaali Village in the Jinja District of East Central Uganda. Her homestead has a banana plantation at its lower side with scattered vegetable gardens she planted…
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 Uganda (DoD Uganda URC Project), which will work to save lives by preventing HIV infections and therefore accelerating progress toward achieving epidemic control. The partnership – funded by PEPFAR through…
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…
