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…
By Joweria KasiirNursing Officer, Kamuli General ART Clinic, Uganda As a child, I always admired health workers. My late father was a health worker who continuously upgraded his skills and helped me become a nurse. He even personally escorted me to complete…
Rose is a nursing officer in-charge at Kyabazaala Health Center III (HCIII), a tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic and treatment center in Mukono district, Uganda. With support from the USAID Defeat TB Project, Rose formed a quality improvement team at the facility to improve TB…
URC is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Carlos Cuéllar, MD, MPH, as URC’s Executive Vice President, effective May 4, 2020. “Dr. Cuéllar brings to URC extensive experience working in challenging situations and a track record of success in the areas…
As countries across the world are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, URC continues efforts to prevent, detect, and treat malaria. On World Malaria Day, observed April 25, URC reaffirms our commitment to the global fight to end the disease. URC is leading…
Mr. Hamidu remembers the day – July 20, 2010 – when he was told he was HIV positive. Diagnosed at a public health facility in Kotido District, Uganda, he immediately started on HIV treatment. He receives care and treatment at a military…
Rosa was the lead singer in her high school’s band, a 19-year old woman full of life with high hopes for the future. When peers at her school in Pasig City started using methamphetamine hydrochloride, also known as crystal meth (locally known…
By Dr. Abel Nkolo, MBChB, MPH, Chief of Party, USAID Defeat TB Project, Uganda Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health challenge globally and in Uganda. In Uganda, some 89,000 people develop TB each year, with only 60,000 diagnosed. Of those diagnosed and…
