Most maternal and newborn deaths happen during labor, delivery, and the immediate postpartum period. Why? Primarily due to three reasons: delays in seeking appropriate care, an inability to access such care in a timely manner, and inconsistencies in quality of care. However,…
Samson Kironde Senior Technical Advisor, HIV/AIDS We are tantalizingly close! As the PEPFAR 2018 Annual Report shows, HIV/AIDS data from the highest-burden countries show significant progress towards achieving epidemic control – that ‘tipping point’ where the number of new HIV infections falls below the…
Representatives from USAID-funded projects, Ministries of Health, UNICEF, PAHO, Save the Children, and NGOs from 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries gathered in Panama City April 24-26 for the USAID Care and Support for Infants, Mothers, and Families affected by Zika Conference….
Doreen, a psychosocial counselor at the AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Health Center in Jinja, Eastern Uganda, recalls the day she visited a weak and emaciated patient named Moses. She found him, bedridden and suffering from chronic diarrhea and vomiting, swollen legs, and…
Since 1975, the United Nations and its partners have observed International Women’s Day, a time to recognize women for their achievements without regard to divisions of class, ethnicity, linguistic, or political. URC joins in observing this day by sharing a conversation with one…
Through a series of projects, URC has been present in Cambodia for 16 years working to improve access to high-quality, affordable health care for Cambodians. Accomplishments of URC’s most-recent projects in country, the USAID Quality Health Services (QHS) Project and the Social…
Stanley Ibula is one of 131 sub-county health workers trained by USAID’s Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in East Central Uganda (USAID RHITES-EC) Project to support health care workers conduct tuberculosis (TB) sensitization, case identification, and linkage to treatment. As a…
Despite recent initiatives to reduce corruption and increase government accountability in Albania, significant problems persist. In the health sector, the quality of services remains low with facilities offering a limited scope of services. The USAID-funded Transparency in Health Engagement Project, implemented by…
In the east of Ghana, just six degrees north of the equator, lies Lake Volta, the world’s largest man-made lake. The lake, formed with the construction of the Akosombo Dam and the damming of the Volta River in 1961, produces hydroelectric power…
Uganda’s use of quality improvement (QI) approaches to maximize health outcomes began in 1994 when the Ministry of Health (MOH) established a quality assurance program to support health service delivery and strengthen health services management at the central and regional referral hospital…
