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Revolutionizing ART Access in Uganda: Multi-Month Dispensing Solves Transportation Hurdles, Improves Access for Military Clients

Revolutionizing ART Access in Uganda: Multi-Month Dispensing Solves Transportation Hurdles, Improves Access for Military Clients

The COVID-19 pandemic compelled health care providers and patients around the world to quickly adapt to lockdowns, quarantines, and additional infection prevention protocols. In Uganda, the lockdowns affected people such as Charles Abonga, an HIV client at Nakasongola Military Hospital, who has…

URC Welcomes Cathy Thompson as Senior VP of the Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean (AFR/LAC) Regional Programs

URC Welcomes Cathy Thompson as Senior VP of the Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean (AFR/LAC) Regional Programs

URC is delighted to welcome global health leader Catherine (Cathy) Thompson as Senior Vice President of our Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean (AFR/LAC) Regional Programs. Earl Gast, URC’s President, welcomes Cathy: “I am delighted to welcome Cathy to URC. Her impressive…

Creating and Implementing National Policy To Protect Children From Violence

Creating and Implementing National Policy To Protect Children From Violence

As an implementation science partnership mechanism, the URC-implemented USAID Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project catalyzes improvements in health and development policy and practice through better use of evidence and data on national, regional, and global levels. Real-time improvements in…

Leveraging a Policy Pathway in East Africa to Stimulate Evidence to Action

Leveraging a Policy Pathway in East Africa to Stimulate Evidence to Action

Strategic partnership is at the heart of the Implementation Science Collaborative (ISC), the major output of USAID’s Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project. Comprised of a diverse set of partners from regional health bodies, government stakeholders, implementers, researchers, and advocates,…