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Brenda Lakisa together with Dr. Miriam Ajambo, Medical officer at Gulu RRH neonatal unit during a community follow up visit to baby Precious at 4 months of age.
February 24, 2020
A Precious Beginning – Improving Care for Preterm Infants

The Ministry of Health’s Newborn Steering Committee and URC’s USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in North, Acholi Activity (RHITES-N, Acholi) partnered to establish functional neonatal care units (NCUs) for sick and premature infants in all Acholi districts. Under the...

Waiswa and his children use their tippy tap handwashing station
February 10, 2020
Better Sanitation and Hygiene – Better Health, Uganda

Waiswa, a peasant farmer, lives with his family in Kaliro district in East Central Uganda. Unlike other households in Kaliro, Waiswa’s home did not have a pit latrine, increasing his family’s risk of contracting diarrheal diseases due to poor sanitation practices.

Marni Laverentz
January 7, 2020
Promoting Government Ownership and Sustainability in Ghana: A Conversation with Marni Laverentz

Marni Laverentz, DrPH, recently completed a tour of duty as Chief of Party (COP) of URC’s USAID Systems for Health Project in Ghana which ended in December 2019. The five-year project left a significant legacy of strengthened health systems and improved delivery of health services. Marni took...

Ibrahim counsels an adolescent HIV-positive peer on treatment adherence at Bugiri Hospital in East Central Uganda.
November 25, 2019
HIV-Positive Adolescents Promote Treatment Adherence

Every Thursday, 19-year-old Ibrahim visits the adolescent HIV clinic at Bugiri Hospital in East Central Uganda. Ibrahim lives with HIV and relies on daily anti-retroviral treatment to keep him healthy. On this day, Ibrahim is not visiting the clinic as a patient. He is there to counsel fellow...

Ms. Sodonia Ayika
November 25, 2019
Bringing Antiretroviral Therapy Treatment Closer to Home

For Ms. Sodonia Ayika, managing her HIV required an entire day and a 30 kilometer walk to her nearest health center. She would get up at 6 a.m., walk 15 kilometers from her home to the Patongo Health Center IV, and arrive at the clinic by 10 a.m. The trek to the health center was necessary...

VMMC has been part of Uganda’s comprehensive HIV prevention strategy since 2010.
November 25, 2019
Military VMMC Outreach Scale-up Makes a Difference in Uganda

Military personnel are amongst the highest-risk populations for contracting HIV, due to factors such as stress, mobility, sexually active age ranges, and significant time spent away from family and loved ones. In Uganda, the overall HIV prevalence is 6.2%, with the rate within the military...

October 22, 2019
Reading within Reach (REACH) Celebrates Accomplishments

As the Reading within Reach (REACH) initiative winds down, it celebrates its accomplishments in improving the effectiveness and sustainability of early grade reading interventions worldwide, providing children a foundational base to achieve a more economically stable future. The five-year...

ASSIST team readies child neurodevelopmental surveillance kits to be sent to 30 facilities in Jamaica. Photo credit: Arishaa Khan
October 15, 2019
Jamaica: From Zika Outbreak to Sustained Response

While the Zika virus outbreak has waned in the Caribbean and Latin America, scientists are certain the disease will return. With the transition to a more sustained response, efforts are focused on strengthening newborn and well-child care systems so they can cope with future emergencies and on...

HIV testing and education outreach with troops at an outpost. Photo credit: Lance Corporal Peter Kirya, Uganda People’s Defence Force
September 20, 2019
Reversing the HIV Epidemic in Uganda

Uganda spearheaded a rigorous response to the HIV epidemic in the 1990s and early 2000s, making significant headway in the fight against HIV. But between 2005 and 2013 a resurgence of HIV infections occurred. The Ministry of Health and partners are now focused on addressing the key drivers of...

Damian and Ryan from Ten-Two Tattoos created the "We Fight TB" graffiti mural at the W.A. Rossouw Primary School in Montagu
September 9, 2019
TB Journeys - Stories from South Africa

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the top killers worldwide, ranking above HIV/AIDS. South Africa is one of the 14 countries with the highest burdens of tuberculosis (TB), TB / HIV, and multidrug-resistant TB.

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