Sun Chhen, a 23-year-old man living in Tadeh Village, does forest-related work to provide for his family. It was there he contracted Plasmodium falciparum (P.f.) malaria, a mosquito-borne disease, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium in humans. High-risk populations, such as forest workers, who engage…
“We feel like sometimes we are giving up, but I do have faith, and it is never too late to rebuild your life,” says Khaleda Iswed, 50, single mother of nine. Nine years ago, struggling to support her young children alone, Khaleda…
URC has been awarded the five-year $140 million cooperative agreement – USAID Uganda Health Activity (UHA) – with project start-up scheduled for this month. UHA builds on the successful implementation of the USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services (RHITES) Activities, scaling…
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are a priority group for HIV prevention services because of several risk factors that increase their vulnerability to the virus, including socioeconomic strain, behavioral factors such as having multiple sexual partners, gender-based violence (GBV), and harmful…
Since 2018, PEPFAR has invested $130 million in cervical cancer screening and treatment among women with HIV globally. Women living with HIV are six times more likely to develop precancerous lesions that advance to cervical cancer than women without HIV. And in…
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we as public health professionals and USAID program implementers are forced to ask ourselves a tough question – are we doing everything we can to prevent and eliminate violence against women?…
On November 11, Veterans Day, the U.S. recognizes the service and sacrifice of our veterans. Formerly known as Armistice Day, the day commemorates the end of the “war to end all wars,” when a truce was signed at 11 a.m. on November…
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 2022, taking place virtually from November 8-11. Following the conference theme of “Combating Pandemics – Today & Tomorrow,”…
When people think about drug treatment, images of incarceration and mandatory inpatient treatment often come to mind. However, the understanding of drug use has changed in the past decade, and today, there is greater recognition that most users are low-to-moderate risk and…
In 2017, Uganda faced several key obstacles to reducing the reach and impact of tuberculosis (TB). These included inadequately trained health care workers and administrative staff, a lack of coordination among TB program implementers and managers, drug stockouts, and more. And while…
