By 2030, 60% of the world is projected to live in cities and urban areas. Rapidly expanding urban populations have led to overcrowded living conditions, stressed infrastructure, and limited access to resources as cities struggle to keep up with planning for such…
Arnold Trebach, one of URC’s founders, passed away July 21, 2020 at age 92. Arnie – an incredible visionary and humanitarian – was a PhD social scientist, a civil rights lawyer, and a tireless advocate for the underserved. As a trailblazer in…
Lorna Banaag Siute is a community facilitator in charge of five districts or barangays in Quezon City, where she and her colleagues counsel persons who use drugs (PWUDs). She has been doing this challenging work for four years – persevering because she finds fulfillment…
Rose, a wife and mother of six, was concerned about the frequent malaria episodes her 4-year-old child had experienced during the past six months. As a village community worker in Bukyasinko Village, she was aware that malaria is the leading cause of…
Jennifer Alejandro, MD, is Chief of the Anti-Drug Abuse Council of Pateros City, a project site of URC’s USAID RenewHealth – Expanding Access to Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation (CBDR) Project in the Philippines. Doc Jen, as she is called, is accredited with the Department of…
As a mother of six, a wife, and a schoolteacher, Aisha, 38, was worried she might have contracted tuberculosis (TB) again when she developed severe chest pains and started coughing up blood. She had been diagnosed and treated for TB in 2014….
Effective malaria prevention requires several interventions, a key one of which is understanding and monitoring mosquito behavior and insecticide resistance. This includes gathering accurate information about species composition, seasonality, larval habitats and behaviors, including their host biting and resting preferences. This is…
To prevent HIV among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) at risk in the Acholi sub-region, the USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services (RHITES-N. Acholi) Activity is implementing the Determined Resilient Empowered AIDS-Free Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) partnership in three districts of Gulu, Omoro, and Agago. DREAMS is an…
How does a health system develop standards of Zika-related care amid a pandemic? How does a health system address overutilization of diagnostic tests, specialist services, and medications, particularly antibiotics, to address pediatric respiratory tract infections in a private sector system transitioned from…
Under current quarantines to reduce the spread of COVID-19, access to tuberculosis (TB) services has become even more challenging. Provision of essential health services – including TB diagnosis, treatment, and care – must continue. TB is one of the top 10 causes…
