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Philippines Department of Health Leaders Examine Best Practices in Continuous Quality Improvement

Philippines Department of Health Leaders Examine Best Practices in Continuous Quality Improvement

URC, with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and USAID, recently hosted an eight-person delegation from the Philippines Department of Health (DOH) on a week-long study tour in the Washington, DC area to learn more about best practices in continuous quality…

Using a Continuous Quality Improvement Approach to Reduce the Burden of TB in the Philippines

Using a Continuous Quality Improvement Approach to Reduce the Burden of TB in the Philippines

Tuberculosis (TB) poses a significant economic and public health challenge to the Philippines, with a high TB incidence rate of 650/100,000 population and challenges in controlling the disease, including a national treatment coverage rate of just 53%. But USAID’s TB Platforms for…

Handover of Renovated Madi-Opei and Atiak Health Center-IV Laboratories in Northern Uganda

Handover of Renovated Madi-Opei and Atiak Health Center-IV Laboratories in Northern Uganda

To enhance support for the Uganda Ministry of Health’s laboratory system, the USAID RHITES-N, Acholi Activity undertook the initiative to strengthen laboratory services for disease surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. This has been accomplished through the renovation of the laboratories of both…

USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services (RHITES) and Uganda Health Activity Learning Event Brings Partners Together to Learn from Past Six Years of Implementation

USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services (RHITES) and Uganda Health Activity Learning Event Brings Partners Together to Learn from Past Six Years of Implementation

On June 30th, URC and other consortium partners hosted the hybrid USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services (RHITES) and Uganda Health Activity Learning Event at the Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala, Uganda. Attended by nearly 1,200 in-person and online, the event…