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Afghanistan

URC began working in Afghanistan in 2007 to provide technical leadership and country assistance for the application of modern quality improvement methods. View our past projects in Afghanistan here. View Country »

Albania

URC began working in Albania in 2003 to help improve health care services and increase service access and utilization. View our past projects in Albania here. View Country »

Angola

URC began working in Angola in 2000 to assess grants administration and provide technical assistance to improve grant management. View our past projects in Angola here. View Country »

Argentina

URC began working in Argentina in 1995 to assess health education in Buenos Aires and the provincial regions. View our past projects in Argentina here. View Country »

Bhutan

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Maldives

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Palestine

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United States

URC began working in the United States in 1965 to develop training, curricula, and programs to support new career opportunities. View Country »

West Bank

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Australia

URC provides research services that assist the Australian Government in delivering an effective aid program. View Country »

Belize

URC began working in Belize in 2007 to improve program management and provide oversight of local organizations that received funding. View our past projects in Belize here. View Country »

Benin

URC began working in Benin in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Benin here. View Country »

Bosnia

URC began working in Bosnia in 2000 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services provided technical assistance in quality improvement and regulatory strategies to the Srpska Agency for Accreditation and Quality, part of the Ministry of Health. View our past projects in Bosnia here. View Country »

Egypt

URC began working in Egypt in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Egypt here. View Country »

Bangladesh

URC began working in Bangladesh in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Bangladesh here. View Country »

Botswana

URC began working in Botswana in 2008 to improve the quality and use of HIV prevention and care services, as well as strengthen the delivery of routine HIV-testing strategies. View our current projects in Botswana here. View Country »

Brazil

URC began working in Brazil in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View Country »

Gaza

URC began working in Gaza in 2002 to build Palestinian capacity to deliver health services, including during emergencies. View our past projects in Gaza here. View Country »

Georgia

URC began working in Georgia in 2011 through two projects funded by the US Agency for International Development. View our past and current projects in Georgia here. View Country »

Bolivia

URC began working in Bolivia in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in the Bolivia here. View Country »

Burkina Faso

URC began working in Burkina Faso in 2013 to increase the resilience of chronically vulnerable people, households, communities, and systems in targeted agricultural areas. View our past and current projects in Burkina Faso here. View Country »

Cambodia

URC began working in Cambodia in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Cambodia here. View Country »

Iraq

URC began working in Iraq in 2007 with a project aimed to improve program management and provide oversight of local organizations that received funding. View our past and current projects in Iraq here. View Country »

Kazakhstan

URC began working in Kazakhstan in 2000 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, provided technical assistance and guidelines for training programs for the Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course Strategy. View our past projects in Kazakhstan here. View Country »

Burundi

URC began working in Burundi in 2012 to improve health care in USAID-assisted countries, strengthen their health systems, and advance their frontier of improvement science. View our current projects in Burundi here. View Country »

Chile

URC began working in Chile in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in the Chile here. View Country »

China

URC began working in China in 2007 to improve program management and provide oversight of local organizations that received funding. View our past projects in China here. View Country »

Jordan

URC began working in Jordan in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Jordan here. View Country »

Poland

URC began working in Poland in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Poland here. View Country »

Colombia

URC began working in Colombia in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Colombia here. View Country »

Cote d'Ivoire

URC began working in Côte d'Ivoire in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Côte d'Ivoire here. View Country »

India

URC began working in India in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in India here. View Country »

Morocco

URC began working in Morocco in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Morocco here. View Country »

Romania

URC began working in Romania in 2005 to help Romania reallocate resources to its primary health care system and strengthen and improve health care services. View our past projects in Romania here. View Country »

Costa Rica

URC began working in Costa Rica in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View Country »

Democratic Republic of the Congo

URC began working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Democratic Republic of the Congo here. View Country »

Indonesia

URC began working in Indonesia in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Indonesia here. View Country »

Russia

URC began working in Russia in 1998 through the USAID Quality Assurance Project, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Russia here. View Country »

Syria

URC began working in Syria in 2007 to improve program management and provide oversight of local organizations that received funding. View our past projects in Syria here. View Country »

Dominican Republic

URC began working in Dominican Republic in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View Country »

Eritrea

URC began working in Eritrea in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Eritrea here. View Country »

Korea

URC began working in Korea in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past project in Korea here. View Country »

Tunisia

URC began working in Tunisia in 1981 to build the Ministry of Health’s capacity to deliver heath care services by training frontline health workers and supervisory personnel, developing medical internships, and strengthening health system management. View our past and current projects in Tunisia here. View Country »

Ukraine

URC began working in Ukraine in 2007 to provide technical leadership and country assistance for the application of modern quality improvement methods. View our past and current projects in Ukraine here. View Country »

Ecuador

URC began working in Ecuador in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Ecuador here. View Country »

Ethiopia

URC began working in Ethiopia in 2007 through projects funded by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria and the US Agency for International Development. View our past projects in Ethiopia here. View Country »

Laos

URC began working in Laos in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Laos here. View Country »

Uzbekistan

URC began working in Uzbekistan in 2000 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, partnered with Maxwell Stamp, Inc. to develop plans to rationalize health service delivery in health facility networks. View our past projects in Uzbekistan here. View Country »

El Salvador

URC began working in El Salvador in 1987 to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health to deliver and support basic health care services, including preventive and primary care services. View our past and current projects in El Salvador here. View Country »

Ghana

URC began working in Ghana in 1995 to implement improvements in health policy, management, financing, and health services delivery. View our past and current projects in Ghana here. View Country »

Mongolia

URC began working in Mongolia in 2009 to expand coverage of services for injuries and noncommunicable diseases to reach 95% of the country's population. View our past project in Mongolia here. View Country »

Grenada

URC began working in Grenada in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Grenada here. View Country »

Guinea

URC began working in Guinea in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Guinea here. View Country »

Myanmar (Burma)

URC began working in Myanmar in 2011 to contain the spread of a multi-drug resistant malaria strain in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. View our current projects in Myanmar here. View Country »

Guatemala

URC began working in Guatemala in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Guatemala here. View Country »

Kenya

URC began working in Kenya in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Kenya here. View Country »

Nepal

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Pakistan

URC began working in Pakistan in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Pakistan here. View Country »

Haiti

URC began working in Haiti in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Haiti here. View Country »

Lesotho

URC began working in Lesotho in 2009 to provide support for monitoring and evaluating construction activities for 150 health centers and outpatient departments, antiretroviral therapy clinics, and a central laboratory and storage facility. View our past and current projects in Lesotho here. View Country »

Papua New Guinea

URC began working in Papua New Guinea in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Papua New Guinea here. View Country »

Honduras

URC began working in Honduras in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Honduras here. View Country »

Philippines

URC began working the Philippines in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in the Philippines here. View Country »

Jamaica

URC began working in Jamaica in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Jamaica here. View Country »

Madagascar

URC began working in Madagascar in 2011 to evaluate the overall functionality of existing support systems (programs) supporting community health volunteers who provided maternal and child health and reproductive health and family planning services in Madagascar’s rural communities. View our past projects in Madagascar here. View Country »

Solomon Islands

URC began working in the Solomon Islands in 1994, conducting public awareness campaigns and improving population-related management information systems. View our past projects in the Solomon Islands here. View Country »

Malawi

URC began working in Malawi in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Malawi here. View Country »

Mexico

URC began working in Mexico in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Mexico here. View Country »

Sri Lanka

URC began working in Sri Lanka in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in the Sri Lanka here. View Country »

Mali

URC began working in Mali in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Mali here. View Country »

Nicaragua

URC began working in Nicaragua in 1990 with projects funded by the US Agency for International Development and The World Bank. View our past and current projects in Nicaragua here. View Country »

Thailand

URC began working in Thailand in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in the Thailand here. View Country »

Mozambique

URC began working in Mozambique in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. New our past and current projects in Mozambique here. View Country »

Panama

URC began working in Panama in 2010 to strengthen HIV and TB surveillance and control in the Central American region. View Country »

Vietnam

URC began working in Vietnam in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Vietnam here. View Country »

Namibia

URC began working in Namibia in 2004 to provide technical support to the Ministry of Health and Social Services for reducing the transmission of HIV and other blood-borne pathogens among patients and providers during delivery of medical injections. View our past projects here. View Country »

Paraguay

URC began working in Paraguay in 2014 to lessen the burden of HIV among key populations. View Country »

Niger

URC began working in Niger in 1989 to improve the delivery of family planning services. View our past and current projects in Niger here. View Country »

Peru

URC began working in Peru in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Peru here. View Country »

Nigeria

URC began working in Nigeria in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Nigeria here. View Country »

Suriname

URC began working in Suriname in 2007 to improve program management and provide oversight of local organizations that received funding. View our past projects in Suriname here. View Country »

Rwanda

URC began working in Rwanda in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Rwanda here. View Country »

Trinidad

URC began working in Trinidad in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Trinidad here. View Country »

Senegal

Since the early-1980’s, URC has been working in Senegal to support the improvement of health care across the nation. URC’s first project in the country was the Senegal Family Health Project, which supported the expansion of the Ministry of Health’s service capacity and developed an autonomous family health organization. View our past and current projects in Senegal here. View Country »

Uruguay

URC began working in Uruguay in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Uruguay here. View Country »

Sierra Leone

URC began working in Sierra Leone in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Sierra Leone here. View Country »

Somalia

URC began working in Somalia in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past projects in Somalia here. View Country »

South Africa

URC began working in South Africa in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in South Africa here. View Country »

Swaziland

URC began working in Swaziland in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Swaziland here. View Country »

Tanzania

URC began working in Tanzania in 1981 when our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, undertook multi-country research to guide developing countries in strengthening their primary health care services. View our past and current projects in Tanzania here. View Country »

Uganda

URC began working in Uganda in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Uganda here. View Country »

Zambia

URC began working in Zambia in in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past and current projects in Zambia here. View Country »

Zimbabwe

URC began working in Zimbabwe in 1990 with our non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services, to provide global leadership for health care quality assurance in USAID-supported programs. View our past projects in Zimbabwe here. View Country »

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Cambodia Health Equity Funds

URC developed a national strategy and surveillance system to ensure that those meeting poverty criteria have access to high-quality health services.

A CAP-Malaria VMW in Siem Reap Province provides a malaria patient with DOT for three days (2013)

Cambodia Malaria Elimination Project

The USAID | PMI Cambodia Malaria Elimination Project is intended to intensify malaria control and elimination activities by providing technical assistance and support to the National Center for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control (CNM) to further develop, refine, and evaluate an evidence...

CDC Strengthening Laboratory Diagnosis and Monitoring to Scale up and Improve HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Services in the Kingdom of Lesotho under PEPFAR

Overview

This project is expected to cover all laboratories at the national, regional, district, and health center levels. Support will focus on increasing access to diagnosis and monitoring services through decentralization and scale up of cost-effective technologies and on overall quality...

A quality improvement team meeting in Balaka District.

Collaborative to Improve Access to and Use of Quality Assured Viral Load Test Results in Malawi

A Center for Health Services-led project working in four districts in Malawi – Mchinji, Karonga, Dedza, and Balaka – is defining, sharing, and ensuring that HIV viral load testing is improving care of PLHIV. The project, called the Quality Improvement Collaborative to Improve Access to and Use...

Team members work in small groups during a CEPAT coordinators orientation in Jakarta in February 2013.

Community Empowerment of People Against Tuberculosis (CEPAT)

Overview

Indonesia ranks fifth among the world’s 22 high-burden TB countries. TB is still stigmatized in the southeast Asia country, and only 21% of Indonesians are aware of the risks of TB or how to properly treat it. The country lacks a comprehensive and coordinated approach to engage...

Community-Based Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Innovation

URC provided technical support to ChildFund and the Secretariat of Health to help develop and implement the continuous quality improvement (CQI) process in 16 health facilities in the health region of Francisco Morazán.

The picture shows one forest goer family who receiving the LLIN through the identified touch point in Siem Pang district of Stung Treng province.

Control and Prevention of Malaria Project (CAP-Malaria)

Overview

This project aims to prevent malaria and contain the spread of multi-drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum ( P. falciparum ) malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion. P. falciparum is the most common and the most deadly parasite that causes malaria in humans. The best available treatment...

Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP)

URC partnered with CH2M HILL to strengthen Iraq's and Afghanistan’s biosecurity capacity to identify and respond to biological and chemical threats. We provided support to the local project teams to assess and enhance capacity to increase detection and diagnosis and report on infectious disease...

Creating a Reference Standard to Determine Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates (CLABSI)

URC helped to monitor two types of health care-associated infections that often lead to significant morbidity and mortality: central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI ) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).

CSAP Communications Team (CCT)

Overview

This nationwide project served the communication needs of local, state, and national organizations in their efforts to prevent and reduce the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs. URC helped organizations develop and implement multi-pronged communication strategies to...

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