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July 01, 2020
Using Community Case Management to Control MDR-TB in East Central Uganda

As a mother of six, a wife, and a schoolteacher, Aisha, 38, was worried she might have contracted tuberculosis (TB) again when she developed severe chest pains and started coughing up blood. She had been diagnosed and treated for TB in 2014. Aisha did not want to transmit this disease to her...

Dr. Top Samphornarann (right), CMEP Technical Coordinator, examines a mosquito collected by a village volunteer. Photo credit: Ranjith de Alwis, CMEP Deputy Chief of Party
June 22, 2020
Village Volunteers Help Combat Malaria in Cambodia

Effective malaria prevention requires several interventions, a key one of which is understanding and monitoring mosquito behavior and insecticide resistance. This includes gathering accurate information about species composition, seasonality, larval habitats and behaviors, including their host...

Young women at a DREAMS boot camp convened in part by the URC-implemented RHITES-N, Acholi Activity in Northern Uganda. Photo credit: RHITES-N, Acholi
June 11, 2020
DREAMS Boot Camps in Uganda Reduce Service Gaps and Improve Efficiency for USAID Partners

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...

June 04, 2020
Improving Health Care in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Collection of Case Studies

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...

Nasimah Diron, Marawi City TB Program Nurse Coordinator, flashes a peace sign and a smile after visiting a TB patient with her team. Photo credit: URC
May 20, 2020
Community Health Workers Ensure Continued TB Services During COVID-19

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 of death worldwide and the...

Nursing Officer Joweria Kasiir was appointed the district HIV focal person given her success managing the largest client load in the district and improving quality of services resulting in Kamuli becoming the district’s best performing facility.
May 11, 2020
What it Means to Be a Nurse

By Joweria Kasiir, Nursing 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 the application for nursing school...

Rose, a nursing officer in-charge at Kyabazaala Health Center III (HCIII), a tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic and treatment center in Mukono district, Uganda.
May 11, 2020
A Nurse Like Rose – Going Above and Beyond

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 service delivery....

Carlos Cuéllar, URC Executive Vice President
May 04, 2020
URC Welcomes Dr. Carlos Cuéllar, Executive Vice President

URC is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Carlos Cuéllar, MD, MPH, as URC’s Executive Vice President, effective May 4, 2020.

Group health education session for forest goers applying COVID-19-mandated social distancing. Photo credit: Dr. Thant Ko Ko (Defeat Malaria Project).
April 25, 2020
World Malaria Day 2020 – Continuing the Momentum to End Malaria

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 programs to prevent and treat malaria...

Providing care at a temporary mobile military outpost in Uganda
April 21, 2020
Mobile Health Clinics – Getting HIV Treatment to the Military

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 outpost supported by URC’s Department of Defense HIV/AIDS...

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