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…
On July 12, 9:00am EDT / 4:00pm EAT, URC hosted a 45-minute webinar featuring a keynote by the Hon. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero, Minister of Health, Uganda; remarks from Diana Putman, Acting Assistant Administrator, Africa Bureau, USAID and Aleathea Musah, Deputy Director, Office of…
Since URC’s founding in 1965, we have dedicated ourselves to bettering the world, both at home and abroad. With conviction, the university professors who founded URC believed in the power of social activism to improve the quality of life and well-being of…
The recently launched International Council of Nurses Caring with Courage global series produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, highlights the impact of nurses around the world. One film in the series, “A Nurse’s Calling,” highlights Nassali Rose Mugerwa, affectionately “Nurse Rose,” who…
This month, URC – with USAID/Uganda, the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH), local district governments, and partners – celebrated the inauguration of the renovation and new construction of health facilities in the Pader and Kitgum districts of the Acholi sub-region of Uganda. Working with…
Today, at our HQ staff meeting, we kicked off #PrideMonth with presentations on LGBTQI+ history, including how the Stonewall Riots fit into the long struggle for LGBTQI+ rights. We also recognize the complex intersectionality that contributes to individuals’ identities. These are some…
URC is proud to be a part of the International Council of Nurses global series, Caring with Courage: Extraordinary Stories of Nurses, produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, and launched on May 12, the International Day of the Nurse. The series portrays…
