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March 12, 2019

Amongst Friends – Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in South Africa

Thabani Hlongwane, a 33-year-old man living in Johannesburg, is enthusiastic about referring men for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC). Thabani was circumcised in January 2019 at Hillbrow Community Health Center (CHC), one of the public health facilities in South Africa supported by the...

Charlene Coore-Desai, URC Resident Advisor, USAID ASSIST Project, Jamaica

March 07, 2019

URC Celebrates International Women’s Day 2019!

Charlene Coore-Desai, URC Resident Advisor, USAID ASSIST Project, Jamaica, spoke with URC ASSIST partner, WI-HER, LLC, to share insights about the impact of one strong woman in her life and why this day is so important.

H.E. Eng Huot, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Health, congratulates URC’s Dr. Neeraj Kak, Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, at event highlighting project accomplishments

January 17, 2019

Health Systems Strengthening Legacy in Cambodia

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 Health Protection...

Health worker Stanley Ibula (standing) with Moses and his family. Photo credit: Louisa K. Nakitende, USAID RHITES-EC Project

January 14, 2019

Uganda’s TB Hunters

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...

January 11, 2019

Pick Up the Phone to Fight Corruption

The USAID-funded Transparency in Health Engagement Project, implemented by University Research Co., LLC (URC), is helping address these challenges. The project works with three government independent institutions and selected civil society organizations and media sources to encourage...

Locally made, the "Akpini Queen," will serve as a blueprint for future medical boats in Ghana.

December 28, 2018

Cruising to Better Health on Lake Volta

Locally made, the pontoon boat, christened "Akpini Queen," is equipped with two washrooms, medical supplies, a radio transmitter and receiver, and life jackets. The first of its kind in Ghana, this vessel will serve as a blueprint for the manufacture of future medical boats in the country.

Keynote speaker Dr. M. Rashad Massoud, Director, USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, Chief Medical and Quality Officer/ Senior Vice President at URC

December 05, 2018

Achieving Better Health by Improving Quality of Health Care Services in Uganda

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 level...

November 30, 2018

No Longer a Secret – Disclosing HIV

Esther, age 32, had never imagined that someone who is HIV-positive could give birth to an HIV-negative child. She learned this during her first antenatal care visit at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital (JRRH) in Uganda when expecting her first child in 2012. Today, Esther has three children, all...

November 27, 2018

DREAM Big: Empowering Adolescent Girls to Stay HIV-Free

Global HIV/AIDS statistics showing a decline in HIV/AIDS-related deaths and new HIV infections give hope that an HIV-free generation is in sight. New technology and biomedical research have resulted in better HIV prevention and treatment options. Despite these advances, adolescent girls and...

November 26, 2018

Promoting Human Rights, Labor Rights, and HIV Prevention

Yadira’s leadership in promoting human rights and the prevention of HIV and STIs landed her recognition from USAID in 2017 for her work. She currently serves as General Secretary of the Union of Trans Domestic Workers and Various Trades (SITRADOTRANS in Spanish) in Nicaragua.

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